“America isn't as lucky as you guys (Europeans), who for the most part have this quality of food that keeps you slim. We're over-eaters in the United States by nature, with fast food and all this kind of thing.” KindStatesAmericaGuyUnitedQualityUnited StatesLuckyFast FoodSlim Author:John Travolta
“America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster area from which lucky or pushy people emigrate to the Promised Land.” PeopleWorldSelfAmericaPoliticalUnited StatesEconomicLandCitizensLuckyAreasRegardDisasterArroganceIsolationSelf SufficiencySufficiencyPromised LandPushy Author:Alison Lurie
“I think I'm very fortunate to be born in America. And lucky to be able to have lived and had the opportunity to do what I want to do.” ThinkingWantAbleAmericaOpportunityBornLuckyFortunate Author:Ralph Lauren
“My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.” AmericaInterestWealthLuckyCombinationGenesCompoundsCompound Interest Author:Warren Buffett
“I was lucky enough to have been born on this planet earth, in this admirable country of the United States of America.” Has BeensCountryStatesEnoughEarthAmericaBornUnitedUnited StatesPlanetsLuckyUnited States Of AmericaAdmirablePlanet Earth Author:Buzz Aldrin
“I didn't speak a single word of English when I was told that I was one of the lucky students been selected to go to study at the Houston Ballet Academy. I knew I had to study hard in every aspect, in both language and dance, which I did. I put my whole heart and soul into each minute of my day while in America and what an experience those six weeks gave me.” HeartSoulHardWholeAmericaSpeakLanguageStudyWeekMinutesStudentsLuckySixAspectBalletAcademyHeart And SoulSelectedHoustonSingle Word Author:Li Cunxin
“That is the American experiment. An ethnic group arriving on America's shores, to be reviled and hazed, living in squalor, or if they are lucky Squalor Heights, working hard to give their children or grandchildren the opportunity to sh*t on the next group landing on our shores.” IfsGivingChildrenHardAmericaNextOpportunityGroupsLuckyExperimentsHeightShoreGrandchildrenLandingArrivingEthnic GroupsSqualor Author:Jon Stewart
“America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.” DoneAmericaLuckyAppreciateAnd LoveVery Good Author:Clive Owen
“To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky to have white men coming over here, is one thing. But to say that the whole of the American prosperity was based on exploiting the indigenous population would be a great mistake.” MenWholeWould BeAmericaWhiteMistakeOne ThingLandAmountLuckyPopulationProsperityNativeWhite ManIndigenousUnluckyGreat Mistakes Author:Amartya Sen
“I'm not hopeful about America, and I'm not hopeful about the world, no. Life goes on and, for those of us who are lucky, there's a great deal to enjoy in it. But will things get better for most people? I don't know. I don't see the evidence.” PeopleKnowsWorldAmericaEnjoyDealsGoes OnLuckyEvidenceGet BetterHopefulLife Goes On Author:Teju Cole
“Harkening back to a story about my grandfather, I was lucky to attend a great high school in New York, Bronx High School of Science, which has produced more Nobel prize winners than any other high school in America.” StoriesSchoolAmericaNew YorkLuckyHigh SchoolWinnerPrizeGrandfatherMy GrandfatherNobelNobel PrizeBronxNobel Prize Winners Author:Lewis Schiff
“I did the Daily Show, and then I did Air America Radio, and I realized that I was lucky enough to have a job where I could get information to people. But those spaces weren't appropriate to then tell people what to do - they were corporate enterprises. My main job was to be funny, so I was trying to figure out, how can I combine all the things I love - comedy, feminism, calling out bullshit - into a creative space that other creative people would want to join in and help out?” PeopleWantTryingEnoughHelpingShowsJobsAmericaSpaceCreativeComedyAirFeminismFiguresInformationCallingLuckyRadioI RealizedCorporateEnterpriseAppropriateBullshitCreative PeopleThings I LoveDaily ShowCreative SpaceAir America Author:Lizz Winstead
“The primary reason America has survived is that we have had leaders who've respected the Constitution, feared it and the rule of law, and we've been very lucky there.” ReasonAmericaLawLeaderLuckyConstitutionPrimariesSurvivedRule Of Law Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The left think that this special place in the world, the United States of America, it just happened. It just is. And it's our responsibility, as those who are lucky and fortunate enough, to happen to have been born here. It is incumbent upon us to share that same luck and good fortune with everybody else. Otherwise we are mean, selfish, polarized, partisan, extremist, racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe, whatever.” ThinkingWorldMeanHas BeensStatesEnoughHappensAmericaLeftBornUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesHappenedShareSpecialLuckyLuckFortuneSelfishFortunateRacistUnited States Of AmericaGood FortuneExtremistPlaces In The WorldPartisansSexistBigotsSpecial PlacesIncumbentsHomophobes Author:Rush Limbaugh