Quotes for All
Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider essential, whether it’s the self-made man, the frontier hero, the politician who tries to act in a moral way as well as in a political way, Honest Abe. His career raises these questions … Read more
Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential. Ellsworth Huntington
A triumphalist corporate capitalism, free at last of the specter of Communism, has mobilized its economic power to relentlessly marginalize all nonmarket values; to subordinate every aspect of American life to corporate \”efficiency\” and the bottom line; to demonize not only government but the very idea of public service and public goods. Ellen Willis
Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina’s heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than \$200 billion in damage. Ellen Tauscher
My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life. Frederick Wiseman
The most successful people in American life are those that have had horrific failures and have come back, done it again and again until they got it right, whether it’s Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Warren Buffet. Frank Luntz
The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners. Florence King
sometimes i wish i’d been an englishman; american life is so damned dumb and stupid and healthy F. Scott Fitzgerald
Looking back over a decade one sees the ideal of a university become a myth, a vision, a meadow lark among the smoke stacks. Yet perhaps it is there at Princeton, only more elusive than under the skies of the Prussian Rhineland or Oxfordshire; or perhaps some men come upon it suddenly and possess it, … Read more
There are no second acts in American lives. F. Scott Fitzgerald