#america

"In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem."

"How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting."

"I want to go to all the topless bars in America and try to sell every single one of them a roof."

"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."

"Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical, and after a few glasses of wine, a freak in the bedroom."

"(Media question to Beatles during first U.S. tour 1964)"How do you find America?""Turn left at Greenland."

"Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade..."

"He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing.I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his father like that."

"This is America. We’re entitled to our opinions.”“Wrong. This is Texas. And my opinion is the only one that counts."

"Can America get back to a point where politicians are honest? Not unless that point is the tip of a sword."

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

"People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers."

"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 believe that we are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found. And this belief, which mounts now to the catharsis of knowledge and conviction, is for me--and I think for all of us--not only our own hope, but America's everlasting, living dream."

"4 in 5 Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing, which begs the question: Are 1 in 5 Americans retarded?"

"I learned to write nice as hell. Birds an' stuff like that, too; not just word writin'. My ol' man'll be sore when he sees me whip out a bird in one stroke. Pa's gonna be mad when he sees me do that. He don't like no fancy stuff like that. He don't even like word writin'. Kinda scare 'im, I guess. Ever' time Pa seen writin', somebody took somepin away from 'im."

"People who practice freedom of expression are terrorizing our grammatical way of life."

"Between Portland and Seattle is a mint factory, and they made sweets like we made sweet love, and America needs more manufacturers like us."

"Look at him,” she said, shaking her head. “Travis Maddox: Mr. Mom."