#erica

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had. ↗

— Scott Fitzgerald

#fitzgerald #jazz-age-stories #age

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. ↗

— Henry Adams

#american society #anything #flat #into #pond

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. ↗

— Henry Adams

#american president #commander #course #grasp #helm

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby. ↗

— Jack Adams

#alerted #american #attacks #carriers #damaging

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

#america #destroy #does #go #monsters

Barack Obama is betting on the American worker. ↗

— Ted Strickland

#american worker #barack #barack obama #betting #obama

Who wants to shake the hand of the first man to put it to America's sweetheart. ↗

— John Agar

#first #hand #man #put #shake

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#business #i #i do #job #parent

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world. ↗

— Ginger Baker

#american government #corrupt #government #i #i think

I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#american #culture #grew #i #storytelling