Quotes About American Legion

#1. In order to free ourselves from our assumptions about love, we must ask ourselves what long-held, often buried assumptions are and then face them, which takes courage, humility, and kindness.

Sharon Salzberg

#2. In this climate - with belief in guardian angels and creationism becoming commonplace - making fun of religion is as risky as burning a flag in an American Legion hall.

Wendy Kaminer

#3. The leadership of the American Legion has not had a constructive thought for the benefit of this country since 1918.

John F. Kennedy

#4. Pick at random any three letters from the alphabet, put them in any order, and you will have an acronym designating a federal agency we can do without.

Milton Friedman

#5. I've sort of come to accept the fact that when I'm 80, people will ask about Michael Alig. I've had to realize that this is part of who I am.

James St. James

#6. Joe Louis was one of my closest friends ... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium in Hollywood, every Friday night for 15 years. Down the aisle would come Lupe Velez, Johnny Weismuller, Mae West. All at ringside.

Mickey Rooney

#7. If I could spit out a litter of kids, I would.

Blake Lively

#8. You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a grief in store for yourself.]

Plautus

#9. In the real world, I see conservatives volunteering at adoption agencies, at churches, at bake sales and the local American Legion Post while the only charity a progressive sends is a smug sermon on fair share and what fairness is.

Allen West

#10. A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.

Julien Gracq

#11. What we call wildness is a civilization other than our own.

Henry David Thoreau

#12. There are many things in my life I want to forget. But this I intend to remember.

Brynn Kelly

#13. Every age has found some alternative to American values appealing. The number of Western intellectuals enamored of fascism and all the various expressions of Marxism was legion.

Dennis Prager

#14. Success needs to be measured according to the ambitions and the resources of each designer. And many aren't interested in being a megabrand.

Tim Gunn

#15. The people like the American Legion Post that gave us a chance to play. A place to play and a chance to play.

Dave Winfield

#16. When you laugh at yourself, you gain perspective. Then you realize that the mistakes you made, as long as they didn't hurt anyone but yourself - well, you can forgive yourself for those.

Dean Koontz

#17. Superman loves everyone. He's like Jesus except he punches people.

Grant Morrison

#18. The high IQ has become the American equivalent of the Legion of Honor, positive proof of a child's intellectual aristocracy ... It has become more important to be a smart kid than a good kid or even a healthy kid.

Sam Levenson

#19. I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie, and that takes a long time.

Steven Spielberg