“With our lives and food chain set up to make us fat - I mean, you can't drive down any highway in America and find a grapefruit - a guy needs to be smarter and more determined to get lean.” NeedsMeanAmericaGuyOur LivesDeterminedFatsChainsSmarterHighwaysFood ChainGrapefruit Author:David Zinczenko
“I originated a remark many years ago that I think has been copied more than any little thing that I've ever said, and I used it in the follies of 1922. I said America has a unique record. We never lost a war and we never won a conference in our lives. I believe that we could without any degree of egotism, single-handed lick any nation in the world. But we can't confer with Costa Rica and come home with our shirts on.” ThinkingWorldYearsBelieveLittlesHas BeensSaidWarHomeAmericaUsedLostI BelieveNationsRecordsOur LivesDegreesUniqueYears AgoShirtsFollyComing HomeLittle ThingsConferencesCantRemarksEgotismCosta Rica Author:Will Rogers
“The same technology transforming our lives can solve the greatest problem of the 20th century. A security shield can one day render nuclear weapons obsolete and free mankind from the prison of nuclear terror. America met one historic challenge and went to the Moon. Now America must meet another: to make our strategic defense real for all the citizens of planet Earth.” RealProblemEarthAmericaChallengesTechnologyOur LivesMankindCenturySecurityPlanetsCitizensMetsOne DayMoonWeaponsPrisonTerrorSolveDefenseNuclearNuclear Weapons20th CenturyHistoricTransformingShieldsStrategicObsoletePlanet Earth Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1986
“Now, of course, architecture is a blind spot of our life in America today. How many millions of students go to the university to be educated? They come away conditioned, not enlightened, and they know nothing of architecture, although they have a department somewhere around -- probably in the basement.” KnowsTodayAmericaCoursesMillionsOur LivesStudentsBlindUniversityArchitectureEducatedSpotsDepartmentEnlightenedBasementsAmerica TodayBlind Spots Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“We have dedicated our lives, our blood, to the freedom and liberation of our people, and nothing, no force can stop us from achieving our goal. If it is necessary to destroy the United States of America, then let us destroy it with a smile on our faces.” PeopleIfsStatesAmericaFacesForceGoalUnitedUnited StatesOur LivesBloodAchieveActivismLiberationDedicatedUnited States Of America Author:Eldridge Cleaver
“The millions currently trapped in poverty and despair are a tremendous untapped resource. Just think of what it would mean for America to gain full use of the talents and abilities of all her people. They would develop new innovations to improve our lives, or help build the next great American company.” PeopleThinkingMeanHelpingUseAmericaNextAbilityCompanyPovertyMillionsOur LivesTalentDespairGainsResourcesInnovationTrappedGreat AmericanTalents And Abilities Author:Marco Rubio
“I maintain that I have been a Negro three times--a Negro baby, a Negro girl and a Negro woman. Still, if you have received no clear cut impression of what the Negro in America is like, then you are in the same place with me. There is no The Negro here. Our lives are so diversified, internal attitudes so varied, appearances and capabilities so different, that there is no possible classification so catholic that it will cover us all, except My people! My people!” PeopleIfsHas BeensStillsDifferentAmericaGirlThreeAttitudeClearOur LivesCuttingBabyCatholicAppearanceImpressionAfrican AmericanInternalsCapabilityThree TimesClassification Author:Zora Neale Hurston
“I do think the most important thing we need in leadership in our country, not just in the presidency but in the United States Senate, are people that have a clear vision of what the role of government should be in our lives and what the role of America should be in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsShouldImportantCountryStatesGovernmentAmericaUnitedVisionRolesUnited StatesClearOur LivesImportant ThingsOur CountrySenatePresidencyClear VisionRole Of Government Author:Marco Rubio
“We must live our lives in such a way that our children, and their children after them, will form a natural and lasting commitment to the vigorous life. Only in this way can we be assured that the spirit and strength of America will be constantly replenished.” WayChildrenAmericaFormSpiritNaturalOur LivesCommitmentOur ChildrenLastingAssuredVigorous Author:John F. Kennedy
“There is no question that if one were to ask whether we Americans are moving towards more liberty or more government control over our lives, the answer would unambiguously be the latter - more government control over our lives. We might have reached a point where the trend is irreversible and that is a true tragedy for if liberty is lost in America, it will be lost for all times and all places.” IfsGovernmentMightAmericaMovingAsksLostAnswersLibertyOur LivesTragedyAll TimeLatterTrendsIrreversible Author:Walter E. Williams
“Humor is not about problems with airline luggage handlers. It's about our lives in America and it's about the ends of our lives and it's about everything that happens after that and everything that happened before.” EndsProblemHappensAmericaOur LivesHappenedAirlineLuggage Author:Garrison Keillor