America quotes

“When you can't trust the lawyers and the advertising men, what the hell's America coming to, huh?”
Frances McDormand - Mildred

“The country isn't ready. Change minds first. Then change the law.”
Kathy Bates - Dorothy Kenyon

“America's a blinding place for nightlife.”
James Fox - Chas

“- Baby Doll: I'll be 20 tomorrow. Tomorrow is Election Day and my Birthday and the day that Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President for his first term.
- Silva Vacarro: It's a great day for the country for both reasons.”
Carroll Baker - Baby Doll Meighan
Eli Wallach - Silva Vacarro

“One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country.”
Anna Paquin

“The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find a worker who can climb a ladder after lunch.”
Harry Anderson

“- Young Student: You say you want to end the war, so why don't you?
- Richard M. Nixon: Change always comes slowly. I pulled out more than half the troops. I'm trying to cut the military budget for the first time in 30 years. I want a volunteer army. But it's also a question of American credibility, our position in the world.”
Joanna Going - Young Student
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon

“Did you know that every 7 minutes, a black person is born in this country with no soul?”

“No! You do not lecture me about courage, about my country. Never. Never. Not you. Not an American. You people. You talk and talk. Have been talking at us for far too long. Courage? There are more death threats on this show than singers.”
Beejan Land - Daoud

“When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates; and the name on the front, is a hell of a lot more important, than the one on the back.”
Kurt Russell - Herb Brooks

“- Jacob Kowalski: Did... Did you say school? Is there a school? A wizardry school here in, uh, America?
- Queenie: Of course. Ilvermorny. It's only the best wizard school in the whole world.
- Newt: I think you'll find the best wizarding school in the world is Hogwarts.”
Dan Fogler - Jacob Kowalski
Alison Sudol - Queenie
Eddie Redmayne - Newt

“Only in America is having a higher education considered an insult.”
Laura Haddock - Vivian Wembley

“Tough neighborhoods are America's last advantage.”
Wesley Snipes - Lt. Webster Smith

“Do you know the oldest lie in America, Senator? It's that power can be innocent.”
Jesse Eisenberg - Lex Luthor

“I hate to break it to you, but the American dream is in China.”
Christoph Waltz - Bert Hanson

“- Earl Rose: We have laws here in Texas.
- Roy Kellerman: The law can be waived.”
Rory Cochrane - Earl Rose
Tom Welling - Roy Kellerman

“God bless white America.”
John David Washington - Ron Stallworth

“- Christy: Cool? Where'd you hear that?
- Ariel: I don't know, I just heard it.
- Christy: You're already American, it's disgusting!”
Sarah Bolger - Christy
Emma Bolger - Ariel

“- Tina: Mr. Scamander, do you know anything about the wizarding community in America?
- Newt: I do know a few things, actually. I know you have rather backwards laws about relations with Non-Magic people. That you're not meant to befriend them. That you can't marry them, which seems mildly absurd to me.”
Katherine Waterston - Tina
Eddie Redmayne - Newt

“- Harold Lee: Why does everything has to be a huge argument with you, man?
- Kumar Patel: Because this is America, dude, and as long as I have my freedom of speech no one's going to shut me up.”
John Cho - Harold Lee
Kal Penn - Kumar Patel

“I just wanna say one thing! God bless America.”
Thomas F. Wilson - Biff Tannen

“- Tina: Shouldn't you be monitoring the weather or something?
- Bob: This is L.A... what weather?”
Caroline Keenan - Tina
Kenneth Moskow - Bob

“McCarthy was a friend of mine. Whether he went overboard or not, he was of value to his country. A number of liberals think he started the witch-hunt. I think he was witch-hunted himself.”
John Wayne On Joseph McCarthy

“I wish my little boy had lived, so he could have seen America. I used to read to him about it every night when the shades were drawn and the sound of heavy boots marching down the street made my poor little Janka shake until I thought his bones would crack.”

Alla Nazimova - Zofia Koslowska

“If the O.J. trial taught us anything, it taught us that, in America, you can cut somebody's head off and still be innocent as long as you have enough money. Well Kansas your mom only shoot a guy.”
Marley Shelton - Diane Weston