#erica

I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#bad #bad rap #change #hopefully #i

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American. ↗

— John Cusack

#catholic #consider #i #i was raised #irish

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#britons #brought #europe #fled #formed

Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little. ↗

— John Galsworthy

#dreams #human-nature #inspirational-quotes #john-galsworthy #nobel-laureate

Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply a hysterical and unbalanced rage for order amidst their own chaos. ↗

— William Irwin Thompson

#because #chaos #dangerous #hysterical #idealism

I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat. ↗

— Hope Davis

#again #american #heartbeat #i #splendor

The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#enlightenment #especially #reason #schools #science

I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#between #britain #canadian #cross #dryer

Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#american #associate #been #corporate #creative

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#challenges #deploy #face #greatness #i