“The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are.” BookAmericaNamesSourceTypeFindingsListsAgentsAddressesSubmissionCriteriaNorth AmericaLiterary Agents Author:Sara Paretsky
“The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people.” PeopleHeartGovernmentAmericaSourceGenerosityGood Heart Author:George W. Bush
“America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal. And we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words, within our borders and around the world. We are shaped by every culture. Drawn from every end of the Earth, and dedicated to a simple concept, E pluribus unum: Out of many, one.” WorldGivingHas BeensEndsSelfStatesEarthAmericaCultureBornSimpleUnitedKnownUnited StatesProgressBloodCenturySourceRevolutionEqualConceptsIdealsAround The WorldBordersEmpiresDedicatedShedStereotypeCrude Author:Barack Obama
“We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like - the anti-war government nig... America was a source for division around the world, that what we were doing was wrong.” KnowsWorldWarGovernmentAmericaSourceAround The WorldBarackCandidatesDivisionAnti War Author:Rick Santorum
“Cultural America is under siege. And as the Soviet experience illustrates, ideology is a weak glue to hold together people otherwise lacking racial, ethnic, and cultural sources of community.” PeopleTogetherAmericaCommunitySourceWeakIdeologySovietLackingGlueSiegeUnder Siege Book:Who are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity Source: Who are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity
“A civilization is only a way of life. A culture is the way of making that way of life beautiful. So culture is your office here in America, and as no stream can rise higher than its source, so you can give no more or better to architecture than you are. So why not go to work on yourselves, to make yourselves, in quality, what you would have your buildings be?” WayGivingWisdomAmericaBeautifulCulturePoliticsQualityEconomyBuildingSourceHigherCivilizationOfficeArchitectureStreamsLiberalismWhy NotBeautiful Life Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“And how can we ever again succeed in educating children to become moral men and women if, in America's public schools, we consciously deny them all religious instruction, and deny them access to that primary source of morality, God's own word. The Bible is the one book from which they are expressly not allowed to be taught.” IfsMenChildrenBookSchoolAmericaReligionReligiousMoralTaughtSourceMoralitySucceedMen And WomenDenyAccessPrimariesInstructionPublic SchoolPrimary SourceEducating Children Author:Pat Buchanan
“I am determined to seek self-sufficiency in energy as an urgent national priority. My goal is to make America independent of foreign energy sources by 1985.” SelfAmericaEnergyGoalSourceIndependentDeterminedPrioritiesUrgentSelf SufficiencySufficiencyEnergy SourcesI Am Determined Author:Gerald R. Ford
“I believe the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. That is what makes us different from those whom we fight. That is a source of our strength. That is why I prohibited torture. That is why I ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. And that is why I have reaffirmed America's commitment to abide by the Geneva conventions. We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend.” BelieveDifferentWarStatesAmericaFightingI BelieveLosesUnitedUnited StatesSourceStandardsCommitmentIdealsPrisonCompromiseTortureConventionsUnited States Of AmericaGenevaGuantanamoGuantanamo BayGeneva Convention Author:Barack Obama
“The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.” LongSometimesAmericaPoliticsEnergyDifficultPathSourceClimate ChangeTransitionEnergy SourcesNational TreasureSustainable Energy Author:Barack Obama
“America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which have made America great: openness and dynamism. Openness to new technologies, new ideas and new people is America's greatest source of strength.” PeopleWorldShouldMadeIdeasCountryAmericaQualityTechnologySourceMajorsHighestStandardsEmbraceOpennessNew IdeasNew TechnologyStandards Of LivingDynamismSource Of Strength Author:Alex Tabarrok
“To restore morality we must first recognize the source from which all morality springs. From our earliest history in 1776 when we were declared to be the United States of America, our forefathers recognized the sovereignty of God.” FirstsStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesSourceMoralitySpringScaryUnited States Of AmericaSovereigntyForefathersSovereignty Of God Author:Roy Moore
“Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so--called educational system, whichis nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one's ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the "educational system" are the prime sources of racism in the United States.” StatesAmericaCultureAbilityWhiteUnitedRaceEducationUnited StatesMediaSourceCitizensRacismRewardsEducationalLoyaltyPunishmentPrimePledgeOathEducational SystemReward And Punishment Author:Ishmael Reed
“Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit. Americans love to fight, traditionally.” MenWarAmericaFightingStuffSourceBullshit Author:George S. Patton
“To put it bluntly, we now need to reverse course. We need more highly skilled small farmers in more places all across America - not as a matter of nostalgia for the agrarian past but as a matter of national security. For nations that lose the ability to substantially feed themselves will find themselves as gravely compromised in their international dealings as nations that depend on foreign sources of oil presently do. But while there are alternatives to oil, there are no alternatives to food.” NeedsMatterAmericaPastCoursesNationsLosesAbilitySecuritySourceDependsEnvironmentalInternationalOilNostalgiaAlternativesFarmersSustainabilityReverseNational SecurityDealings Author:Michael Pollan
“If you go to working class, and working poor areas of America, the food sources that are relegated to them are generally limited to unhealthy ones.” IfsAmericaPoorClassSourceAreasWorking ClassUnhealthy Author:Anthony Bourdain
“By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.” HelpingAmericaEnergyEconomyWindSourceSouthOilDependenceBoostRenewable EnergyDakotaEnergy SourcesSouth DakotaForeign OilRenewable Energy SourcesWind Energy Author:Tim Johnson
“Our sense of optimism, our can-do spirit, that's a source of great strength in America. But when there are no limits at all and we've gone through whole periods where we think everything has gone right, that's when disaster tends to strike.” ThinkingWholeAmericaSpiritCan DoGoneSourcePeriodsLimitsOptimismStrikesDisaster Author:Peter Beinart
“I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches, or any other ecclesiastical source.” BelieveAmericaI BelieveChurchAcceptingPolicySourceI Believe InSeparationOfficialsInstructionPopeCouncilRequestChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StatePublic PolicySeparation Between Church And StateTheocracyPublic Officials Author:John F. Kennedy
“There is no question we need an energy policy overhaul in America. A key part of that overhaul must include moving forward aggressively with expanding nuclear energy as a renewable energy source. Storing nuclear waste is an important piece of that effort.” NeedsImportantAmericaMovingEnergyEffortPiecesPolicySourceKeysWasteNuclearMoving ForwardExpandingRenewable EnergyEnergy SourcesEnergy PolicyNuclear EnergyNuclear WasteRenewable Energy Sources Author:Erik Paulsen
“The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.” PeopleMenStatesAmericaFoundPrayerUnitedDestinyUnited StatesSourceTasksUnityEndureKneesReassurance Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Major danger lie for America? That we could very well be defeated oversees and at home. And the source of it is clearly that we have yet to find a politician in either partywho's willing to tell the American people the truth.” PeopleWellsHomeAmericaLyingDangerWillingSourcePoliticianMajorsDefeated Author:Michael Scheuer
“America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that began to sweep through Europe in the period between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. And when people got here, very often they succeeded.” PeopleYearsWarAmericaReligiousSpecialSourcePeriodsEnlightenmentEuropeAttractionPersecutionRenaissanceFleeingReligious Persecution Author:Mitch Horowitz
“If you see cattle as a source of organic manure, animal energy, as well as milk products, then Indian cattle are not inferior. It is only when you measure them as milk machines that they become inferior. What if we measured the dairy cows of America or Jersey or the Swiss Alps in terms of their work functions? They would be terribly inferior.” IfsWellsWould BeAmericaEnergyTermAnimalProductsSourceMachinesFunctionIndianWhat IfMilkCowsInferiorsJerseyCattleDairySwissManureAlpsDairy Cows Author:Vandana Shiva
“Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy. And what I also know, because I handle a lot of classified information, is that there's classified and then there's classified. There's stuff that is really top secret top secret, and there's stuff that is being presented to the president or the secretary of state that you might not want on the transom or, you know, going out over the wire, but is basically stuff that you could get in open source.” KnowsWantKindStatesMightAmericaStuffPresidentSecretInformationSourceClintonHandleGoing OutSecretaryWireOutstandingJeopardyOpen SourceTop SecretClassified Information Author:Barack Obama
“America's a great country - you better believe it's a great country, one of the greatest on this planet - but even the greatest needs to pay attention. I wish the powerful sources that run this country could understand that.” NeedsBelieveCountryRunningAmericaWishPowerfulPayAttentionPlanetsSourcePay AttentionGreat Country Author:Tommie Smith
“The largest source of greenhouse gases in the coming decades will not be the US, Western Europe and Japan, but the developing economies of East Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The coming eruption of carbon emissions from the poor world will dwarf any reductions in the North.” WorldAmericaPoorEconomySourceFutureEuropeWesternEastDecadesDevelopingJapanLatinCarbonAsiaEasternReductionLatin AmericaEmissionsGreenhousesDwarfsDwarvesGreenhouse GasesEastern EuropeEruptionWestern EuropeCarbon EmissionsEast Asia Author:Ross Gelbspan
“We need a national renewable energy goal. Such a goal, sometimes called a renewable energy standard (RES), would spell out what percentage of our power America plans to get from renewable sources.” NeedsSometimesAmericaEnergyGoalPlansSourceStandardsSpellsPercentagesRenewable Energy Author:Van Jones
“It's important to remember that some of our best sources in the war against radical Islamic terrorism are Muslims, both in America and overseas.” ImportantWarAmericaRememberSourceTerrorismRadicalIslamicIslamic Terrorism Author:Mitch McConnell
“I'm a radical pro-immigration advocate. I'm not saying we just look at the Muslim world or we just look at China, we just look at India as a source of our talent. But, one thing we know... first or second generation or new immigrants or children of immigrants have started about 40% of the Fortune 500 companies. For me it's always been a really very important issue that I want America to be open to the most energetic and talented people from around the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantFirstsLooksChildrenImportantAmericaCompanyIssuesGenerationsOne ThingTalentSourceIndiaFortuneChinaImmigrationAround The WorldRadicalImmigrantsEnergeticImportant IssuesMuslim World Author:Thomas Friedman
“America did not need to be discovered because quite simply America had the American-Indians. There were whole groups of people that already lived there including very developed societies such as the Incas, the Aztecs, and the Mayans. But then came the European vision that saw the conquest as a source of advanced growth away from medieval Europe. The new revolutionary bourgeois trend formed a new perspective on what was democracy that they saw as an improvement to the democracy of ancient Greece.” PeopleNeedsWholeAmericaGrowthVisionDemocracySawsGroupsSourcePerspectiveEuropeIncludingAncientImprovementRevolutionaryTrendsConquestGreeceMedievalBourgeoisNew PerspectiveAncient GreeceMayansMedieval EuropeIncas Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash the forces of job creation in America. The source of new jobs isn't going to be the bureaucracies of Washington, but rather the creativity, ingenuity, and hard work of the American people.” PeopleWayHardHelpingTodayJobsAmericaForceCreativityEconomicCreationHard WorkSourceBureaucracyComebackIngenuityPaychecksNew JobJob Creation Author:Rob Portman
“Even though I love solar and love wind, like most people do, I like the renewable sources, they alone are not going to get America energy independent.” PeopleAmericaEnergyWindSourceAnd LoveIndependent Author:Mitt Romney
“When it comes to idiots, America's got more than its fair share. If idiots were energy, it would be a source that would never run out.” IfsWould BeRunningAmericaEnergyShareSourceFairsIdiotFair Share Author:Lewis Black