In a country as big as the United States, you can find fifty examples of anything.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

—Unknown

I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect.

—Unknown

Don't be a dick!

—Unknown

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

—Unknown

Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.

—Unknown

This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.

—Jeffery F. Chamberlain

I'm not going to quit. Why should I quit? This country is worth fighting for.

—Jack Kerouac

America—a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.

—Hillary Rodham Clinton

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity—intellect and resources—to do some thing about them.

—Herbert Hoover

The business of America is not business. Neither is it war. The business of america is justice and securing the blessings of liberty.

—Gertrude Stein