American Quotes

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

These are my friends, my family. It would be hell on earth to spend the rest of my life leading them into situations where some of them are going to get killed... but it would be worse watching someone well-meaning but incompetent or untrained double those deaths.

It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they're good at it, that means the fewest number of other people die.

If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

We're planning on being married for a long, long time.

We live in a bizarre world - there are cameras in our house!

We have so much left to experience and learn about each other - it's almost like we've been remarried with the show being over. Now it's a whole new life for us.

We can't control it, and we've basically quit trying. People are going to talk, and people are going to lie.

To me, having kids is the ultimate job in life. I want to be most successful at being a good father.

This is a great time in our lives and careers.

There's a lot of reflection that goes on whenever I write a song - it's been a wild whirlwind last couple of years and there's a lot to talk about, and hopefully that's evident in the music.

She knows I'm her biggest fan, I cheer for her louder than anybody.

I tell her all the time I'd gladly retire and hang out with the kids and clean the house. I want to have a good life and great family, and from a professional standpoint I want to be successful, but it's not the most important thing at all.

I always feel stupid giving advice since I've been married, what, a year? I can say this: Be in it for the long haul and just know there are going to be rough patches. No two people are the same, there are going to be areas where you just don't click.

There's no bigger supporter in Jessica's life than me.

Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy.

It all comes back to the same place, whether she does well, I do well, or we both do well, which is obviously what we're hoping for. It's all good. You know? We're definitely pull for each other.

I try to be the best husband I can be, and if people respect that, that's cool. But there's no 'perfect husband.' We just all try to do the best we can, you know what I mean?

I tell people, Don't take my advice. What do I know?

Her success is my success.

Note to secessionist Texans: now is the time to wave the Confederate Flag.

The most biased people are the Democrats.

The left claims that Republicans hate Hispanics, which is just the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard, and the right just claims all we need to do is close the borders and do nothing else, which is also ridiculous.

I was fortunate enough to be an American citizen by birth and I have the birth certificate to prove it.

I think what they're looking for is for us to keep our promises and to do the simple things, like cutting spending and being responsible.

Well, American dialects have been studied for a hundred years or so.

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America.