Quotes tagged ‘American’

“Judge Julius Hoffman: What were you doing until 1960? Abbie: Nothing. I believe it's called an American education.”

— Aaron Sorkin, Abbie Hoffman, Sacha Baron Cohen, imdb.com

“We have to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time! It’s exhausting!”

— Gregory Nava, Abraham Quintanilla, Edward James Olmos, imdb.com

“Esmeralda: What is your name? Butch: Butch. Esmeralda: What does it mean? Butch: I'm American, honey. Our names don't mean shit.”

— Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Esmerelda, Angela Jones, imdb.com

“I'd forgotten what this town is like. What were you planning to do, Miss Kelly? Keep me away from Jim? Stop me from going back to America? Perhaps you didn't even know. Perhaps it was enough for you to know that you could ruin me. My name is Ellis Fiorello.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

“Ellis: I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland. Father Flood: Homesickness is like most sicknesses. It will pass.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

“Patty: There. That's better. Now you don't look like you've just come in from milking the cows. Ellis: Is that what I looked like? Patty: Just a bit. Nice clean cows. Let's go.”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

“[instructing new immigrant] You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out—you might not even notice straight away, it'll be that…”

— Nick Hornby, Eilis Lacey, Saoirse Ronan, imdb.com

“Arrogance may not be a uniquely American trait, but I must say, you do it better than anyone. But there are limits to what even you can do, Captain, or did Erskine tell you otherwise?”

— Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus, Johann Schmidt / Red Skull, Hugo Weaving, imdb.com

“No, all I'm wondering is this, if you took an American kid who's never used chopsticks before and a Chinese kid who's never used chopsticks before, would the Chinese kid do better?”

— Larry David, Larry David, Larry David, imdb.com

“So, my friend, if you want to start using American military strength as the arm of the Lord, you can do that. We're the only superpower left.”

— Aaron Sorkin, Leo McGarry, John Spencer, imdb.com

“You don’t know the first thing about being an American. We’re misfits, outcasts, and we’re proud of it. If they attack in formation, we pop them off from the trees. If they challenge you to a duel, you raid their camp at night. And if they’re gonna hang you, you fight dirty and you never, ever give…”

— Grainne Godfree, Mick Rory / Heat Wave, Dominic Purcell, imdb.com

“We are Americans.”

— Steven Knight, James Keziah Delaney, Tom Hardy, imdb.com

“Rob Norris: So I just write a check every month and leave it at that? Fuck that. I didn't know my father and it sucked. This kid gets a dad. Sharon: Oh, God, you don't have to be so American about it.”

— Sharon Horgan, Sharon Morris, Sharon Horgan, imdb.com

“Hank Hill: For God's sakes, Bobby, what nationality are you? Bobby Hill: American. Hank Hill: Then why are you holding your cigarette like some kind of European Nazi in a movie? Bobby Hill: Why does it matter? Hank Hill: That's not the right sort of attitude for you to have. Whatever you do, you sho…”

— Joe Stillman, Jonathan Collier, Hank Hill, Mike Judge, imdb.com

“Lemon, there was once a great American named George Henderson. He met a woodland ape or Sasquatch and, despite its dangerous message of environmentalism, became its friend. When the time came to do the hard thing and send it back into the forest where it belonged, and birds could perch on its should…”

— Donald Glover, Ron Weiner, Jack Donaghy, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com

“I’m no Italian—I was born in Brooklyn.”

— Al Capone, smithsonianmag.com

“I call this turf ‘n’ turf. It’s a 16-ounce T-bone and a 24-ounce porterhouse. Also, whiskey and a cigar. I am going to consume all of this at the same time because I am a free American.”

— Alan Yang, Ron Swanson, Nick Offerman, imdb.com

“Over time, I came to believe that the cultural dating chasm was too vast for me to cross — that no matter how long I stayed in France, I would remain an American, through and through, with American ideas not just about dating but about the marrow of relationships: that emotional intimacy — closeness…”

— Anna Ostrom, thecut.com

“Life is very important to Americans.”

— Bob Dole, amazon.com

“If you’re American in the living room, what are you in the bathroom? Euro-peein’.”

— Unknown, thoughtcatalog.com