5,300 Quotes About America

If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom." -Judy Deck in an e-mail sent to Chris Rose

There is a story I always tell my students...when I came for the 1st time to the US. I didn’t speak English (Only Spanish) & I saw on every door the word “exit” which in Spanish means Success = Exito. And then I said :”No wonder Americans are winners ,every door they open leads to success

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.

You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you.

That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.

I want so little: another leather boundBook, a gimlet with a lavender gin, breadSo good when I taste it I can tell youHow it’s made. I’d like us to rethinkWhat it is to be a nation. I’m in a mood about AmericaToday.

You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't.