“I was appointed United States attorney on September 10, 2001. And I spent the next seven years of my career fighting terrorism and putting terrorists in jail.” YearsStatesFightingNextUnitedCareersUnited StatesSevenTerrorismTerroristJailSeptemberSeven YearsAttorneyFighting Terrorism Author:Chris Christie
“I've always been asked the question, "What is it with Australian men?" It's weird because most of my friends here [in the United States] are American men. I think there's cultural differences. It's a really American thing to kind of wax your chest. As a man it's like, "Get rid of that unsightly hair!" In Australia it's like, "Mate, what are you doing? Why would you do that? Doesn't that hurt?" So there's a few little differences that keep us.” ThinkingMenKindLittlesStatesDifferencesHurtUnitedUnited StatesHairMy FriendsAustraliaChestsMatesAustralianCultural Differences Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I'm deeply grateful to live and work in this country and to the United States for opening its arms to me the way it has. I mean I think my attitude as an Aussie coming here - I've been coming here for a while now, I've been coming here for about 12 or 13 years - is that this country has afforded me and my family work and security. For that, I'm forever grateful.” ThinkingWayYearsMeanCountryStatesUnitedAttitudeUnited StatesForeverSecurityArmsMy FamilyGratefulOpeningMy AttitudeAussiesForever Grateful Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I'd say that Holland, Sweden, and Denmark are all better countries politically than the United States. The average person is far better off in one of those countries than he is in the United States and poverty of the sort that we have is absolutely unknown in Northern Europe.” PersonsCountryStatesUnitedPovertyUnited StatesEuropeAverageBetter OffAverage PersonSwedenHollandDenmark Author:Gore Vidal
“I certainly think that the world views the United States as a place to be respected. All over the world our values are respected; who we are, a place that you can come and come from modest circumstances to great things, that's respected.” ThinkingWorldStatesValuesUnitedViewsUnited StatesCircumstancesGreat ThingsWho We AreModestWorld View Author:Condoleezza Rice
“What the United States has done hasn't always been liked or popular. But if you look at some of the most populous places in the world - China, India - the United States is not only respected but, in fact, popular.” IfsWorldLooksStatesDoneFactsUnitedUnited StatesIndiaChinaPlaces In The World Author:Condoleezza Rice
“There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.” ThinkingWellsRealCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesPolicyQuarrels Author:Condoleezza Rice
“To say that people around the world deserve the same, the same life that we have in the United States, the same freedoms that we have, that seems to me, humble. I think it's humble to say that the United States, which has been given so much, should give back.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingShouldHas BeensStatesSeemsGivenUnitedUnited StatesDeserveHumbleAround The WorldGiving Back Author:Condoleezza Rice
“The United States has every intention of continuing to do the kind of reconnaissance and surveillance work we have done for decades, well known to everyone, that is essential to protect our national security, and frankly, the security of our friends in various regions of the world. It is part of our collection system.” WorldWellsKindStatesDoneUnitedKnownUnited StatesSecurityProtectEssentialsIntentionVariousDecadesCollectionsRegionsContinuingNational SecurityWell KnownSurveillance Author:Colin Powell
“It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the ones that we ought to be focusing our energy on defeating and not just wring our hands about the fact that it's going to be difficult.” PeopleStatesFactsHandsEnergyDifficultUnitedUnited StatesOughtTerribleFaultsTerroristInsurgent Author:Colin Powell
“I think there's so much that's not said about sex in the United States. Even from an educational level. And I do a lot of work on human trafficking and I connect a lot with girls that come up and end up in this trade and partially because of a lack of education about sex in the country.” ThinkingHumansSaidEndsCountryStatesGirlSexLevelsUnitedUnited StatesTradeCome UpEducationalHuman TraffickingTraffickingLack Of Education Author:Ashton Kutcher
“I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist.” FirstsPersonsStatesSchoolBornUnitedUnited StatesGrewMomDadMetsGrew UpMy FamilyMy DadMy MomIranFirst PersonPianistBelgiumCroatia Author:Ottessa Moshfegh
“I think using waste oils as fuel makes sense. We do waste a huge amount of vegetable oil in this country and using that as a fuel source strikes me as fine.” ThinkingStatesUnitedUnited StatesHugeSourceFineAmountWasteOilStrikesMake SenseFuelVegetables Author:Michael Pollan
“Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States just to extract political concessions.” StatesPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesCreditConcessions Author:Barack Obama
“The problem is, we've had three generations of Iranians who have come to really hate the United States. The Persians used to be a pretty strong - my on problem with people who say don't talk to him.” PeopleStatesProblemUsedHateThreeStrongUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsUsed To BeThree Generations Author:Bob Beckel
“The United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace.” WorldShouldWarStatesAblePoliticalUnitedUnited StatesEconomicColdReturnNormalStabilityCold WarAssured Author:George C. Marshall
“The war in Afghanistan, the first war of the twenty-first century, shows the United States doing what it wants to do, not caring about who it antagonizes, not caring about the effects on neighboring regions.” WantFirstsWarStatesShowsUnitedUnited StatesEffectsCenturyTwentiesCaringRegionsAfghanistanNot Caring Author:Tariq Ali
“The main implication is a remapping of the world in line with American policy and American interests. Natural resources are limited, and the United States wants to make sure that its own population is kept supplied. The principle effect of this will be for the United States to control large parts of the oil which the world possesses.” WorldWantStatesInterestNaturalLinesUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesEffectsPolicyResourcesPopulationOilImplicationsNatural Resources Author:Tariq Ali
“The United States is my subject, but as Hawthorne once wrote, "the United States are suited for many admirable purposes, but not to live in."” StatesPurposeUnitedUnited StatesSubjectsAdmirableHawthorne Author:Gore Vidal
“My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly.” InspirationalStatesEnoughStoriesMotivationalChallengesUnitedHistoryUnited StatesAmerican HistoryFabric Author:John Hope Franklin
“When you look at obesity in the United States, clearly it is not a bunch of stupid people. It has nothing to do with intelligence. Sometimes people who are dealing with issues of obesity and compulsive eating know more than I will ever know about nutrition, metabolism, and exercise, because they have studied it. But clearly the real problem, and therefore the real solution, is on another level of consciousness, and that is where the spiritual work comes in.” PeopleKnowsLooksRealSometimesStatesProblemSpiritualLevelsUnitedConsciousnessUnited StatesIssuesStupidExerciseEatingSolutionsBunchNutritionStupid PeopleObesityReal ProblemsMetabolismSpiritual Work Author:Marianne Williamson
“Irving Wallace wrote a bestselling novel, The Man, in the 1960s about a black man becoming president of the United States. We thought that such a possibility was thousands of years in the future. Some people may still have some difficulty with the idea, but that's a major cultural meme shift.” PeopleMenYearsMayStillsIdeasStatesBlackPresidentUnitedUnited StatesNovelPossibilityHe ManBecomingMajorsDifficulty1960sMemesBecoming President Author:Wayne Dyer
“I was born in the middle of the Second World War when the United States dropped their atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when millions of people were dying in concentration camps, when half the planet were colonies that belonged to empires. The word feminism didn't exist. And in my lifetime I have seen all these things improved, changed. We are more connected, more informed. We can fight against stuff together in ways we couldn't before.” PeopleWorldWayWarStatesTogetherFightingStuffBornUnitedHalfMillionsUnited StatesFeminismMiddleDyingChangedPlanetsLifetimeConnectedWar Of The WorldsBombsEmpiresConcentrationCampsColonySecond World WarAtomic BombHiroshimaConcentration CampHiroshima And Nagasaki Author:Isabel Allende
“I'm completely fascinated by the health-care debate going on in the United States, especially by posters of Obama with a little mustache drawn on his upper lip. Is that what Hitler is really known for, his health-care plan? To quote Bill Maher, "I haven't seen this many pissed-off old white people since they cancelled 'Murder She Wrote.'"” PeopleLittlesStatesCareWhiteUnitedKnownUnited StatesPlansHavensMurderBillsLipsDebateHealth CareFascinatedPostersPissed OffMustache Author:David Sedaris
“I'm not pro-war. But I think war has been the dominant condition of humankind, and peace has been the anomaly - certainly sustained periods of peace that profit great masses of people - and I think war has worked, even awful hellish wars: worked to staunch fascist aggression in Europe, worked to preserve the Union after secession in the United States, etc. Not always, maybe not often, but to say never is to reject history in favor of a wishful unreality.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesConditionsPeriodsMassEuropeUnionsProfitFavorsAwfulPreservesEtcRejectsHumankindAggressionDominantFascistsUnrealityAnomaliesSecessionPro War Author:Philip Gourevitch
“9/11 was a signal that we were living in a new world - a world of interdependence, a world in which people could attack the United States not from the outside, but from the inside. It was a sign that the United States, the most powerful country in the world, could watch the cathedral of capitalism at the Trade Center and the heart of its defense at the Pentagon be struck internally, not really across borders, so that borders don't matter anymore.” PeopleWorldHeartCountryMatterStatesUnitedPowerfulWatchesUnited StatesCapitalismTradeDefenseBordersMost PowerfulNew WorldSignalsCathedralsInterdependencePentagonPowerful Countries Author:Benjamin Barber
“Independence used to be the ticket for liberty. But today, security and freedom, whether it's in the Arab Spring, whether it's in Iraq or whether it's right here in the United States, means working cooperatively and interdependently with others.” MeanStatesTodayUsedUnitedLibertyUnited StatesSecuritySpringIndependenceIraqUsed To BeTicketsArab SpringSecurity And Freedom Author:Benjamin Barber
“I guess my favorite way to travel is in a car, especially if you get to go some place cool. The bullet train in Japan is cool; but overall, driving through certain areas, like the desert in the United States, or the Black Forest in Germany, you feel the nature unfolding.” IfsWayFeelsStatesCertainBlackUnitedUnited StatesCarAreasTrainMy FavoriteDrivingForestsDesertGermanyJapanBulletsUnfolding Author:Steve Kimock
“I think the immigration system we have now is terrible for the United States of America. We have a legal immigration system that does not work. It does not reflect the economic needs of this country in the 21st century. It needs to be modernized.” ThinkingNeedsDoeCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesEconomicCenturyTerribleImmigrationWorking ItUnited States Of America21st CenturyLegal Immigration Author:Marco Rubio
“I think Republicans need to do a better job of reaching out to everyone in the United States. Politics is always about getting the support of the majority of our people.” PeopleThinkingNeedsStatesJobsUnitedUnited StatesSupportRepublicanMajorityReachingReach OutBetter Jobs Author:Marco Rubio
“We cannot have a society, in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesCensorshipDictatorImposing Author:Barack Obama
“Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has anything to say to our nation and its ideologies of materialism, possessiveness, and the worship of financial security. Are we courageous enough to be a sign of contradiction to consumerism through our living faith in Jesus Christ? Are we committed enough to his gospel to become a countercurrent to the drift?” StatesEnoughChristianAsksJesusNationsChristChurchUnitedLordUnited StatesSecurityWorshipJesus ChristFinancialCommittedIdeologyContradictionMaterialismCourageousConsumerismOverconsumptionPossessivenessFaith In JesusFinancial Security Book:The Signature of Jesus Source: The Signature of Jesus
“My experience in the United States was living in a society that was very much at war with itself, that was very alienated. People felt not part of a community, but like isolated units that were afraid of interaction, of contact, that were lonely.” PeopleWarStatesFeltCommunityUnitedUnited StatesLonelyContactIsolatedInteractionUnits Author:Assata Shakur
“I trust Cuba as a principled country. Cuba's strength is that it has been steadfast in its commitment to the principles of liberation, freedom, of resistance to the kind of institutionalized terrorism that the United States government does every day.” KindDoeHas BeensCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesCommitmentTerrorismResistanceLiberationCubaState GovernmentSteadfastUnited States GovernmentPrincipled Author:Assata Shakur
“The death penalty is used in such a blatantly racist way in the United States. There is no way that can be defended under any kind of definition of justice by anybody.” WayKindStatesUsedJusticeUnitedUnited StatesDefinitionsRacistPenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:Assata Shakur
“The abnormal, the sick, the vicious have become more and more interwoven into the violent culture of the United States. Into the way news is seen, into the way movies are seen.” WayStatesCultureUnitedUnited StatesNewsSickViolentViciousAbnormal Author:Assata Shakur
“I think that one of the problems that exists in the United States and in many places in the world is that people don't believe that they can make a difference. So a lot of times we're defeated before we even start. We've become consumers of a world vision, of Kentucky Fried Chicken, of McDonalds.” PeopleThinkingWorldBelieveStatesProblemDifferencesUnitedVisionUnited StatesDon't BelieveConsumersMaking A DifferenceChickensDefeatedPlaces In The WorldMcdonaldsKentuckyFried ChickenWorld Vision Author:Assata Shakur
“I don't want to rescind American directors but I think that European directors in general, because of the size of the nations in Europe are exposed to all different cultures, they can easily travel from one distinct culture to another in a matter of hours - you can drive for two weeks across the United States and you're in the same basic culture - so there is a certain breadth of understanding and sophistication that they bring to it and frankly, in some cases they are less expensive than American directors.” ThinkingWantTwoDifferentMatterStatesCertainCultureNationsUnderstandingHoursUnitedCasesUnited StatesWeekDirectorsEuropeSizeExpensiveExposedTwo WeeksSophisticationBreadthDifferent Cultures Author:Wes Craven
“There's more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot of American directors and writers are just trying to copy other American horror films, they don't pick up much in the way that European filmmakers do.” ThinkingWayTryingArtStatesFilmCultureUnitedUnited StatesHorrorDirectorsPicksEuropeFilmmakerCopiesEmphasisHorror FilmArt And Culture Author:Wes Craven
“Imperialism is the factor in American policy, not just since 1898, but in fact long before it when we were expanding across this continent and taking away Indian lands in order to enlarge the territory of the United States. We have been an imperial power and an expansionist power for a very long time.” LongHas BeensStatesFactsOrderUnitedUnited StatesLandPolicyLong TimeFactorsIndianTerritoryContinentsImperialismExpanding Author:Howard Zinn
“The United States builds weapons presumably secretly, and then it sells them to other countries. So the whole business of secrecy is kind of a fake issue because hardly anything technological remains a secret for very long.” KindLongCountryStatesWholeUnitedSecretUnited StatesIssuesWeaponsRemainsSellsFakeOther CountriesTechnologicalSecrecy Author:Howard Zinn
“We better rethink the position of the United States in the world and whether we want to be an empire. Being an empire puts all of us in jeopardy. The American Empire, while it was just wreaking havoc on other nations, didn't bother us.” WorldWantStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesPositionBotherEmpiresJeopardyHavocAmerican Empire Author:Howard Zinn
“People of the United States have to really consider whether they want to be an empire. Sweden is not worried about terrorism. New Zealand is not worried about terrorism. Holland is not worried about terrorism. Why not be a modest little country without all of these enormous ambitions?” PeopleWantLittlesCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesAmbitionTerrorismEnormousWorriedEmpiresWhy NotModestNew ZealandSwedenHolland Author:Howard Zinn
“I come out of the environment of the Deep South, where I had seen the millstone of racial discrimination weighting down my people, both the black people and the white people; and I had seen the enormous progress that we were able to make after we removed the legal restraints of a two-class society, with the whites superior and blacks inferior. So I was very convinced before I became President that basic human rights, equality of opportunity, the end of abuse by governments of their people, was a basic principle on which the United States should be an acknowledged champion.” PeopleShouldHumansTwoEndsStatesGovernmentAbleOpportunityBlackPresidentWhiteUnitedClassPrinciplesUnited StatesEnvironmentRightsProgressAbuseSouthHuman RightsConvincedEnormousDiscriminationSuperiorsChampionBlack PeopleInferiorsRestraintBasic PrinciplesRacial DiscriminationEquality Of OpportunityBasic Human Rights Author:Jimmy Carter
“One of the greatest concerns that I had when I became President was the vast array of nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union and a few other countries, and also the great proliferation of conventional weapons, non-nuclear weapons, particularly as a tremendous burden on the economies of developing or very poor countries.” CountryStatesPresidentPoorUnitedUnited StatesEconomyWeaponsConcernUnionsBurdenNuclearDevelopingSovietNuclear WeaponsConventionalOther CountriesSoviet UnionArsenalProliferationPoor Countries Author:Jimmy Carter
“I think the United States and its British attack dog are not taken seriously anywhere in the world and can play no role in helping a political solution.” ThinkingWorldStatesPlayHelpingPoliticalUnitedRolesUnited StatesTakenDogSolutionsBritish Author:Tariq Ali
“I think it is important first of all that the president of the United States underscores our commitment to partnering with countries around the world, even though we're not intimidated by terrorist organisations.” ThinkingWorldFirstsImportantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesCommitmentTerroristAround The WorldOrganisationIntimidatedPartnering Author:Barack Obama
“Feminists have convinced themselves that any difference between men and women is oppression and that women in the United States are an oppressed minority. This is such a lie. American women are the most fortunate class of people who ever lived on the face of the earth.” PeopleMenStatesEarthFacesLyingDifferencesUnitedClassUnited StatesMen And WomenFeministConvincedOppressionFortunateMinoritiesOppressedAmerican WomanDifferences Between Man And Woman Author:Phyllis Schlafly
“The war on drugs was an ideology the government came up with, and there never really was a war on drugs. I mean, to stop the importation of drugs into the United States of America is an impossibility.” MeanWarStatesGovernmentAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDrugIdeologyUnited States Of AmericaImpossibilityWar On DrugsImportation Author:George Jung
“Whenever you try to work through the things that we're trying to work through, that we're addressing, it ends up looking negative. Our goal is nonjudgment, nonfiltered acceptance of everything. So much of our background collectively, especially in the United States, is denying and suppressing and disowning a lot of negativity and the darker areas. You can become swallowed up in it. It's cancerous. The goal should be to define acceptance for everything. To try and consider every aspect. To try to look into the shadows, as well as the light.” ShouldTryingWellsLooksEndsStatesLightGoalUnitedUnited StatesAcceptanceShadowAreasNegativeAspectBackgroundsNegativitySuppressingDisowning Author:Maynard James Keenan