Quotes about america
american-novelist
This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit. Earl Derr Biggers
american-entertainer mother
Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead? Ed Sullivan
american-musician band months six
I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers. Eddie Floyd
american-musician
Everybody had their fans and they were fans of all of them.
american-musician oh
Oh yeah, I know Johnnie Bassett. We were part of that whole thing.
american-writer diets-and-dieting lose people resolution seems weight
It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get in shape.
american-entertainer claim home lived lives since
I haven't had a stationary home since going with the circus, but since my parents lived in Lafayette about 25 years ago and my sister lives here now, I always claim it as home. Emmett Kelly
american-entertainer honestly main maybe
Incongruity, they say, is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe it's because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly don't know.
american-entertainer audience audiences battles gives laughing laughs realizing second sort
By laughing at me, the audience really laughs at themselves, and realizing they have done this gives them sort of a spiritual second wind for going back into the battles of life.
american-entertainer believes character loves
A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.
american-businessman
If you don't sell, it's not the product that's wrong, it's you. Estee Lauder
american-businessman stop turn
When you stop talking, you've lost your customer. When you turn your back, you've lost her.
american-athlete german russian studied
In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics. Edwin Moses
american-inventor people
It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so.
american-educator create forever guided knowledge last time trying work
The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now. Edward Tufte
american-musician gives songs spin string stuff ultimately works
I like to think about stringing songs together like a string of pearls, or a string of beads, but ultimately it has to be stuff that really works with the band, and gives a spin to the older material. Emmylou Harris
american-author art design designers emphasized graphic learned people professor responsibility studied towards
That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and illustrators have towards the people they create things for. Eric Carle
america capable greater north region
We should reconsider greater integration of North America to achieve a region that is more competitive and capable of creating more jobs.
american-journalist guy miles
Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home. Eric Sevareid
american-celebrity bit bloody darts nice rid throwing took wish
It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune. Eric Bristow
american-celebrity good players takes
It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time.
american-soldier city considered fearless girl good reached remarkable rider shot time virginia
By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age. Calamity Jane
american-psychologist books-and-reading felt suddenly women
Many women have told me they remember where they were when they read the book, and how they felt suddenly that what they really thought or felt about things made sense. Carol Gilligan
american-businessman forced glad offer people positions
We have people working for us full-time because they were forced to retire at 65. I know that I never want to stop working, and I am glad that I can offer positions to others who feel the same way. Carl Karcher
american-businessman deaf hire men signing since
In other restaurants you'll see employees signing to each other, since we also hire many deaf men and women.
american-businessman braille crew developed keys members orders
We have developed overlays for the keys of the cash registers with the help of the Braille Institute, so that blind crew members can take orders and help our guests.
american-artist
An audience can really lift you right up off the stage. Captain Beefheart
american-artist people
I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes.
american-artist
I don't think artists are made, I think they're born.
american-artist himself man worst
Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal.
american-artist slug
Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
american-artist brown correctly good james lower
James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and he's good with lower mathematics. Don't get me wrong - he's good.
american-artist
With my voice and my band, I can do anything.