American Quotes

I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.

I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent.

Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people.

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.

Television speeded everything up.

It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.

It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit.

I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.

I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.

We women have to stick together.

The challenge is to keep it fresh. If you're talking about Britney Spears over and over, it's very hard to keep that interesting.

People ask me why I'm so hard on men. It's because they've gotten a really easy ride. And it's not that I think women should take over the world. But I do think it should be 50/50.

It's a pleasure to play my sister because everything I've accused her of my whole life, I can now re-enact before her eyes.

It's a dream come true to have someone else portray me. Because I've been living this life for a long time, and I'm over myself.

I'm into politics, and I love watching the heavier news magazine shows.

I love a stupid joke, something that doesn't make any sense.

I didn't become a comedian to work this hard.

I'm very much about letting other people shine, because it makes us all shine brighter.

I was tortured, and probably half of it was deserved, but I was bullied - so much so that there were days when I was like, 'I can't go to school today.' I was too scared.

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart.

Thou shalt not ration justice.

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.