American Life Quotes

It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic.

Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life.

Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly like the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers of Norman Rockwell. 'It's A Wonderful Life,' the latest example of Capracorn, shows his art at a hysterical pitch.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had the expressiveness, the flair, the I'm-so-glad-to-be-me spirit that black folks have made a part of American life.