America Quotes

You see, with that gesture we showed the world that America needed improvement. I don't believe that because we're one of the greatest countries on Earth that we're perfect.

Yes, we are all Americans. This is what we do. We reach the moon. We scale the heights. I know it. I've seen it. I've lived it. And we can do it again.

Banks are the temples of America. This is a holy war. Our economy is our religion.

with that gesture we showed the world that America needed improvement

I suddenly began to realize that everybody in America is a natural-born thief.

"Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you."

In London when someone is confronted with eccentricity or something that's strange, they run towards it to better understand it, whereas in the States, if you're confronted with something different, you recoil in terror and run from it.

British people are smarter than American people.

If only lenders and underwriters would try and buy a house for themselves--maybe things would run a bit more smoothly.

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

If you are not in America fast enough, it must have failed. When there is another thing like, maybe I don't want to go to America. I mean, it's not SO great there anyway...

Today's achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people. The cause of securing our country is not complete, but tonight we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history.

Over the piano was printed a notice: Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take.

Come to Los Angeles! The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see. There are jobs aplenty, and land is cheap...You can have all this, and who knows... you could even be discovered, become a movie star... or at least see one. Life is good in Los Angeles... it's paradise on Earth." Ha ha ha ha. That's what they tell you, anyway.

Myths & legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men’s reality. Weird heroes & mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of "the rat race" is not yet final.

We will move forward together, or not at all – for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics.

Amid all the noise and passions and rancor of our public debate, Tucson reminded us that no matter who we are or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater – something more consequential than party or political preference.

What comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow.

I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be as a people, our destiny is tied up in the destiny of America.