Quotes tagged ‘USA’

“Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs on a great game, and a fantastic comeback, under immense pressure. You represented the Great State of Kansas and, in fact, the entire USA, so very well. Our Country is PROUD OF YOU.”

— Donald Trump, marketwatch.com

“It's very clear that the U.S. is adrift.”

— Pete Buttigieg, cbsnews.com

“...and that we'll keep fighting not just to make history but to change it. Forever.”

— Nike, twitter.com

“On the Midwest: People call us the heart of America; we pride ourselves on being real, salt of the earth folks who help each other out, swap creamed corn recipes, have euchre tournaments, and debate good-naturedly over who makes the best deep dish pizza. (Seriously, only tourists eat that shit.)”

— Melanie LaForce, amazon.com

“I'm sorry. I don't. I can't. I don’t have it in me to take care of someone else. Because I'm busy taking care of the United States of America.”

— Kerry Washington, Tom Verica, Cyrus Beene, Jeff Perry, imdb.com

“I'm gonna rise up, I'm gonna kick a little butt, I'm gonna to kick some butt in the U.S.A., gonna climb a mountain, gonna sew a flag, gonna fly on an eagle. I'm gonna kick some butt, I'm gonna drive a big truck, I'm gonna rule this world, I'm gonna kick some butt, I'm gonna rise up, I'm gonna kick a…”

— Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Charlie Kelly, Charlie Day, imdb.com

“We view the path of the present administration as corroding the international standards the United States had as a negotiator, a mediator and a compromiser for good. Frankly, we lost our way. We did not allow the UN inspectors to proceed in completing their work and did not allow a vigorous internat…”

— Sheila Jackson Lee, en.wikiquote.org

“We've always thought of ourselves as an innovative country that keeps at the forefront, a world leader for the last many decades. We've always prided ourselves on innovation. In World War II, the Cold War, the race to the moon—our self-image is being a technologically superior country. Without the n…”

— Sally Ride, 30670749.weebly.com

“The voice and force of the United States may count for nothing if they are withheld too long.”

— Madeleine Albright, amazon.com

“Americans are really good at acute compassion, but pretty bad at chronic empathy. We, without question, haul strangers out of a raging flood, give blood, give food, give shelter. But we are lousy at legislating safe, sustainable communities, at eldercare, at accessible streets and buildings. It is t…”

— Sigrid Ellis, twitter.com

“American propaganda works so well that we still have people out here thinking it was totally fine and justified that the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese civilians, killing well over 100,000 innocent people. It works so well that, even though the United States is the only country t…”

— kropotkhristian, kropotkhristian.tumblr.com

“We may not be used to it the States, but uncircumcised are definitely the norm.”

— Lea Rose Emery, bustle.com

“In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.”

— A. E. Housman, amazon.com

“You were told America is the land of opportunity, but guess what? For far too many women, inside this country and out, the opportunities they can take advantage of are severely limited... No you won't sit here and make women feel bad for coming together by pretending to give a damn about women who e…”

— Erika Nicole Kendall, facebook.com

“You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out - you might not even notice straight away, it'll be that faint. And then you'll ca…”

— Saoirse Ronan, Eilis, amazon.com

“Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong.”

— Art LaFleur, The Babe, amazon.com

“We've never lost an American in space and we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch. Failure is not an option.”

— Ed Harris, Gene Kranz, amazon.com

“You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm…”

— James Stewart, Jefferson Smith, amazon.com

“This is not a war for the independence of one or two colonies, but for the independence of one nation.”

— Chris Cooper, Col. Harry Burwell, amazon.com

“I was booked on that flight and I was drinking the night before and hung over and I missed the plane by about 10 minutes. It was a very close call for me.’ He also jokingly stated, ‘alcohol is our friend. I think that’s the moral of that story.’ He also said that he thanked God that his travel agent…”

— Seth MacFarlane, listverse.com