Purely American Sayings

#1. It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a radical conflict of black against white or as a purely American problem. Rather, we are today seeing a global rebellion of the oppressed against the oppressor, the exploited against the exploiter.

Malcolm X

#2. Well," said Winterbourne, "when you deal with natives you must go by the custom of the place. Flirting is a purely American custom; it doesn't exist here. So when you show yourself in public with Mr. Giovanelli, and without your mother - " "Gracious!

Henry James

#3. Children born to-day may see the beginnings of a genuine state church in the Republic, with a hierarchy of live wires and a purely American theology. I regret that I am too old to wait for it, for if it comes it will be a lulu.

H.L. Mencken

#4. Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American.

James Hunter

#5. There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

O. Henry

#6. Our parents taught us to love God, love our family and love our country. Their own grandparents were immigrants. Their first language may not have been English, but the hopes and dreams they had for their children were purely American.

Martin O'Malley

#7. I have a lot of novels that I haven't finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it's not going anywhere. I don't publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least.

Jeffrey Eugenides

#8. I despise the cowardly clinging to life, purely for the sake of life, that seems so deeply ingrained in the American temperament.

Christopher Lasch

#9. As we maintain the vigil of peace, we must remember that justice is a vigil, too-a vigil we must keep in our own streets and schools and among the lives of all our people-so that those
who died here on their native soil shall not have died in vain.

Lyndon B. Johnson

#10. I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said, "Screw it. Cut 'em up!"

Mitch Hedberg

#11. It was an age of Empires. So is this one, not all that well disguised.

Kurt Vonnegut

#12. We must all serve God on the path we are given, milord. Even though that path may not be what we ourselves would choose.

Betina Krahn

#13. I got to eavesdrop at a window. As Clay said, I did have another option. I could wait in the car and let them fill me in later. So, eavesdropping it was.

Kelley Armstrong

#14. All forms of literature are dangerous; but in none is the danger more acute than in historical fiction...

John Julius Norwich

#15. While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able.

Douglas Wood

#16. For him, that's what battle is. A Symphony.

Sarah J. Maas