Famous Quotes: American

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
Use this quote  

It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.
Use this quote  

I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor.
Use this quote  

Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins.
Use this quote  

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.
Use this quote  

As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people - the war in Iraq, affordable health care, a sensible energy policy, quality education for our children, retirement security, and a sound and fair fiscal policy.
Use this quote  

Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.
Use this quote  

When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale University with my master's and I didn't do it by missing school.
Use this quote  

Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test.
Use this quote  

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake.
Use this quote  

President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.
Use this quote  

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.
Use this quote  

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas.
Use this quote  

They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a lot of us. Like when we played with Sonny Boy, I would never get paid, you know. He would drink up all the money.
Use this quote  

My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.
Use this quote  

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.
Use this quote  

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.
Use this quote  

It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see.
Use this quote  

Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy and providing greater access to health care for millions of American people, including senior citizens.
Use this quote  

I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.
Use this quote