American Quote Authors

	Author	Profession	Quotes	Year
	A. Bartlett Giamatti	Educator	9	1938 - 1989
	A. J. Foyt	Celebrity	3	1935
	A. J. Langer	Actress	3	1974
	A. J. Liebling	Journalist	9	1904 - 1963
	A. J. McLean	Musician	7	1978
	A. Philip Randolph	Activist	6	1889 - 1979
	A. R. Ammons	Poet	26	1926 - 2021
	A. Whitney Brown	Comedian	7	1952
	Aaliyah	Musician	28	1979 - 2001
	Aaron Allston	Novelist	19	1960 - 2014
	Aaron Burr	Politician	2	1756 - 1836
	Aaron Carter	Musician	4	1987
	Aaron Copland	Composer	7	1900 - 1990
	Aaron Eckhart	Actor	33	1968
	Aaron McGruder	Artist	15	1974
	Aaron Neville	Musician	24	1941
	Aaron Sorkin	Producer	13	1961
	Aaron Spelling	Producer	19	1923 - 2006
	Aaron Yoo	Actor	3	1979
	Abbey Lincoln	Musician	8	1930
	Abbie Hoffman	Activist	20	1936 - 1989
	Abe Fortas	Judge	2	1910 - 1982
	Abe Lemons	Coach	9	1922 - 2002
	Abel Ferrara	Director	1	1951
	Abigail Adams	First Lady	13	1744 - 1818
	Abigail Van Buren	Journalist	13	1918
	Abraham Clark	Politician	3	1725 - 1794
	Abraham Lincoln	President	115	1809 - 1865
	Abraham Maslow	Psychologist	18	1908 - 1970
	Abraham Polonsky	Director	8	1910 - 1999
	Abraham Whipple	Soldier	2	1733 - 1819
	Ace Frehley	Musician	29	1951
	Ad Reinhardt	Artist	8	1913 - 1967
	Ada Louise Huxtable	Critic	6	1921
	Adam Arkin	Actor	19	1956
	Adam Baldwin	Actor	10	1962
	Adam Clymer	Journalist	6	1937
	Adam Duritz	Musician	9	1964
	Adam Jones	Musician	32	1965
	Adam Pascal	Actor	3	1970
	Adam Petty	Celebrity	4	1980 - 2000
	Adam Rich	Actor	21	1968
	Adam Sandler	Actor	31	1966
	Adam Savage	Entertainer	30	1967
	Adam Schiff	Politician	28	1960
	Adam West	Actor	2	1928
	Addison Mizner	Architect	6	1872 - 1933
	Adlai E. Stevenson	Politician	63	1900 - 1965
	Adlai Stevenson	Politician	16	1900 - 1965
	Adolph Green	Playwright	7	1914 - 2002
	Adrian Belew	Musician	20	1949
	Adrian Cronauer	Entertainer	14	1938
	Adrian Grenier	Actor	6	1976
	Adrien Brody	Actor	3	1973
	Adrienne Barbeau	Actress	3	1945
	Adrienne Rich	Poet	21	1929 - 2012
	Afrika Bambaataa	Musician	16	1960
	Agnes de Mille	Dancer	11	1905 - 1993
	Agnes Repplier	Writer	22	1855 - 1950
	Agnes Smedley	Journalist	25	1892 - 1950
	Ahmet Zappa	Musician	6	1974
	Aiden Wilson Tozer	Clergyman	14	1897 - 1963
	Aileen Wuornos	Criminal	7	1956 - 2002
	Aimee Mann	Musician	16	1960
	Aisha Tyler	Actress	15	1970
	Ajay Naidu	Actor	29	1972
	Al Campanis	Businessman	1	1916 - 1998
	Al Capone	Criminal	11	1899 - 1947
	Al Capp	Cartoonist	11	1909 - 1979
	Al D'Amato	Politician	7	1937
	Al Edwards	Politician	1	1937
	Al Franken	Comedian	22	1951
	Al Goldstein	Publisher	24	1936
	Al Gore	Vice President	29	1948
	Al Green	Musician	5	1946
	Al Hirschfeld	Cartoonist	3	1903 - 2003
	Al Hirt	Musician	3	1922 - 1999
	Al Jardine	Musician	3	1942
	Al Jarreau	Musician	16	1940
	Al Kaline	Athlete	10	1934
	Al Lewis	Actor	22	1910 - 2006
	Al Lopez	Coach	7	1908 - 2005
	Al McGuire	Coach	8	1931 - 2001
	Al Michaels	Entertainer	9	1944
	Al Oerter	Athlete	4	1936 - 2007
	Al Pacino	Actor	9	1940
	Al Roker	Entertainer	13	1954
	Al Sharpton	Politician	33	1954
	Al Spalding	Athlete	5	1850 - 1915
	Al Unser	Athlete	7	1939
	Al Yankovic	Comedian	4	1959
	Alan Alda	Actor	30	1936
	Alan Autry	Actor	24	1952
	Alan Bean	Astronaut	13	1932 - 2018
	Alan Cohen	Businessman	18	1954
	Alan Colmes	Journalist	2	1950
	Alan Cranston	Politician	5	1914 - 2000
	Alan Dean Foster	Author	22	1946
	Alan Dershowitz	Lawyer	8	1938
	Alan Dundes	Educator	19	1935 - 2005
	Alan Greenspan	Economist	16	1926
	Alan Hovhaness	Composer	12	1911 - 2000
	Alan Jackson	Musician	8	1958
	Alan Jay Lerner	Dramatist	9	1918 - 1986
	Alan K. Simpson	Politician	8	1931
	Alan Kay	Scientist	6	1940
	Alan Keyes	Politician	12	1950
	Alan King	Comedian	4	1927 - 2004
	Alan Ladd	Actor	34	1913 - 1964
	Alan Lakein	Businessman	4	1932
	Alan Lomax	Writer	5	1915 - 2002
	Alan Mollohan	Politician	2	1943
	Alan Perlis	Scientist	27	1922 - 1990
	Alan Price	Musician	12	1942
	Alan Rudolph	Director	12	1943
	Alan Shepard	Astronaut	29	1923 - 1998
	Alan Vega	Musician	25	1938 - 2016
	Alanna Ubach	Actress	6	1975
	Alben W. Barkley	Vice President	2	1877 - 1956
	Albert Barnes	Theologian	4	1872 - 1951
	Albert Brooks	Actor	9	1947
	Albert Bushnell Hart	Historian	25	1854 - 1943
	Albert Ellis	Psychologist	32	1913 - 2007
	Albert J. Nock	Philosopher	22	1870 - 1945
	Albert Maltz	Author	7	1908 - 1985
	Albert Pike	Lawyer	17	1809 - 1891
	Albert Shanker	Educator	2	1928 - 1997
	Albert Wynn	Politician	8	1951
	Alberto Gonzales	Public Servant	17	1955
	Albion W. Small	Sociologist	2	1854 - 1926
	Alcee Hastings	Politician	18	1936
	Aldo Leopold	Environmentalist	11	1887 - 1948
	Aldrich Ames	Criminal	33	1941
	Alec Baldwin	Actor	14	1958
	Alex Borstein	Actress	3	1971
	Alex Chilton	Musician	8	1950
	Alex Chiu	Businessman	30	1971
	Alex Comfort	Author	4	1920 - 2000
	Alex D. Linz	Actor	6	1989
	Alex Grey	Artist	5	1953
	Alex Haley	Novelist	10	1921 - 1992
	Alex Lowe	Athlete	8	1958 - 1999
	Alex North	Composer	11	1910 - 1991
	Alex Rodriguez	Athlete	6	1975
	Alex Trebek	Entertainer	9	1940
	Alex Van Halen	Musician	22	1953
	Alex Winter	Actor	28	1965
	Alexa Vega	Actress	7	1988
	Alexander Calder	Sculptor	3	1898 - 1976
	Alexander Chase	Author	14	1926 - 1986
	Alexander Haig	Public Servant	16	1924 - 2010
	Alexander Hamilton	Politician	28	1755 - 1804
	Alexander Henry	Businessman	4	1739 - 1824
	Alexander Payne	Director	8	1961
	Alexander Theroux	Novelist	6	1940
	Alexander Walker	Businessman	4
	Alexander Wiley	Politician	1	1884 - 1967
	Alexander Woollcott	Critic	11	1887 - 1942
	Alexandra Paul	Actress	26	1963
	Alexi Giannoulias	Politician	5	1976
	Alexis Bledel	Actress	13	1981
	Alexis Herman	Public Servant	13	1947
	Alfre Woodard	Actress	15	1952
	Alfred A. Knopf	Publisher	2	1892 - 1984
	Alfred A. Montapert	Philosopher	16	1912 - 2007
	Alfred Day Hershey	Scientist	3	1908 - 1997
	Alfred E. Smith	Politician	5	1873 - 1944
	Alfred Eisenstaedt	Photographer	8	1898 - 1995
	Alfred Kazin	Critic	3	1915 - 1998
	Alfred Kinsey	Scientist	3	1894 - 1956
	Alfred L. Kroeber	Scientist	1	1876 - 1960
	Alfred P. Sloan	Businessman	7	1875 - 1966
	Alfred Whitney Griswold	Educator	7	1906 - 1963
	Alger Hiss	Public Servant	2	1904 - 1996
	Ali MacGraw	Actress	12	1938
	Alia Shawkat	Actress	6	1989
	Alice Barrett	Actress	11	1956
	Alice Cooper	Musician	30	1948
	Alice Duer Miller	Poet	6	1874 - 1942
	Alice Hamilton	Scientist	11	1869 - 1970
	Alice Hoffman	Author	32	1952
	Alice James	Writer	11	1848 - 1892
	Alice Koller	Writer	2
	Alice Paul	Activist	12	1885 - 1977
	Alice Roosevelt Longworth	Author	8	1884 - 1980
	Alice Stone Blackwell	Journalist	2	1857 - 1950
	Alice Walker	Author	38	1944
	Alicia Keys	Musician	32	1981
	Alicia Witt	Actress	16	1975
	Alison Bechdel	Cartoonist	30	1960
	Alison Krauss	Musician	12	1971
	Alison Lohman	Actress	19	1979
	Alison Lurie	Novelist	3	1926 - 2020
	Alistair Cooke	Journalist	14	1908 - 2004
	Allan Bloom	Philosopher	19	1930 - 1992
	Allan Pinkerton	Businessman	1	1819 - 1884
	Allan Sherman	Musician	17	1924 - 1973
	Allen Boyd	Politician	9	1945
	Allen Funt	Celebrity	2	1914 - 1999
	Allen Ginsberg	Poet	18	1926 - 1997
	Allen Iverson	Athlete	12	1975
	Allen Johnson	Athlete	4	1971
	Allen Klein	Businessman	35	1931
	Allen Neuharth	Businessman	2	1924
	Allen Tate	Poet	26	1899 - 1979
	Allen Toussaint	Musician	2	1938 - 2015
	Allen Weinstein	Public Servant	11	1937
	Allen West	Politician	15	1961
	Allison Janney	Actress	17	1960
	Allison Krauss	Musician	3	1971
	Ally Sheedy	Actress	8	1962
	Allyson Schwartz	Politician	20	1948
	Alma Gluck	Musician	14	1884 - 1938
	Alonzo Church	Mathematician	5	1903 - 1995
	Alonzo Mourning	Athlete	7	1970
	Alphonso Jackson	Public Servant	27	1945
	Althea Gibson	Athlete	8	1927 - 2003
	Alton Brown	Entertainer	22	1962
	Alveda King	Clergyman	30	1951
	Alvin Adams	Businessman	7	1804 - 1877
	Alvin Ailey	Dancer	21	1931 - 1989
	Alvin Dark	Athlete	10	1922
	Alvin Toffler	Author	19	1928
	Alvin Williams	Athlete	2	1974
	Alyssa Milano	Actress	6	1972
	Amanda Beard	Athlete	13	1981
	Amanda Peet	Actress	10	1972
	Amanda Seyfried	Actress	16	1985
	Amar Bose	Inventor	17	1929
	Amber Benson	Actress	2	1977
	Amber Tamblyn	Actress	30	1983
	Amber Valletta	Model	5	1974
	Ambrose Bierce	Journalist	125	1842 - 1914
	Amelia Earhart	Aviator	19	1898 - 1937
	America Ferrera	Actress	2	1984
	Amiri Baraka	Poet	8	1934
	Amos Adams Lawrence	Activist	1
	Amos Bronson Alcott	Educator	23	1799 - 1888
	Amy Adams	Actress	13	1974
	Amy Alcott	Athlete	4	1956
	Amy Clampitt	Poet	4	1920 - 1994
	Amy Goodman	Journalist	5	1957
	Amy Grant	Musician	31	1960
	Amy Heckerling	Director	1	1954
	Amy Irving	Actress	7	1953
	Amy Jo Johnson	Actress	3	1970
	Amy Lee	Musician	6	1981
	Amy Lowell	Poet	14	1874 - 1925
	Amy Marcy Beach	Musician	1	1867 - 1944
	Amy Poehler	Comedian	9	1971

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