American Quotes

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.

I had been an eyewitness to a truly historic moment in American pop culture.

When a dish works, it works for everyone, whether you're Asian, European, African, American or anybody else.

I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be anyone in particular; I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines, or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags, or go out with cute guys from shows, or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor.

We are African in origin and American in birth.

Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They gave him a local name and he's been accepted everywhere he goes.

I play a curator, the most American part you can think of. My work is to protect the Declaration of Independence. I work at the National Archives in Washington.

In my professional work with the Agency, by the late '70s, I had come to question the value of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the intelligence agency's impact on American policy.

I have great faith in the intelligence of the American viewer and reader to put two and two together and come up with four.

I went to Dartmouth College so simply by being an Indian-American woman, I was already so statistically interesting. And then the fact that I didn't want to do anything science-related, and I wanted to write comedy plays and act little bit - I mean, I became deeply interesting in college because of how rare that was.

When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.

I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went to high school, and we took the Cup my senior year. The downside, and somewhat unfortunate piece of information I have to pass on, is there were only two teams in the league because of the limited amount of Americans.

I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.

I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.

The American people have been denied important information for their own protection.

I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks.

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal.

Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air.

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know.

One thing I would like to see is a stronger ladder series for up-and-coming American drivers.

Leftist ideas are a part of the very atmosphere which American youth breathes.

I hope that as the Senate and American people learn more about me, they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.

The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how dreaming can be tainted by reality, and that if you don't compromise, you may suffer.

The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.

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.

As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encountered a man who later became the president of the American Society of Medical Hypnosis. He couldn't hypnotize me.

Like so many American families, our families weren't asking for much. They didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they did... in fact, they admired it.

Loneliness seems to have become the great American disease.