Quotes of Yankee - somelinesforyou

“ YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.). ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ We have a lot to be proud of so far this season. It's not just about being right there with teams like the Yankees and A's. It's about what we've developed into. ”

- Bob Wickman

“ As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town. ”

- Bob Feller

“ I would like to think that no American president would even consider using the military to help him remain in office,... But the fact that Americans are expressing these doubts shows that the president is losing his ability to lead. ”

- Dick Armey

“ It would be sweeter,... Everybody would like to see the Yankees not make the postseason one year. If Boston wins that division, and we do our job by beating the Yankees, it would be a tremendous thing. It means we're playing good baseball against a team that sets the standard for good baseball. ”

- Bob Wickman

“ I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'. ”

- Garrison Keillor

“ Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live. ”

- Dorothee Soelle

“ It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they're not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans. ”

- E. J. Hobsbawm

“ We won't just automatically click our heels and follow the Americans. ”

- John Howard

“ As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country's old work ethic is dead. ”

- Lance Morrow

“ Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Irish Americans are about as Irish as Black Americans are African. ”

- Bob Geldof

“ It's been a hard time to celebrate, to come out with a smile. But I'm an American. Naomi asked me to come out to support other Americans, and here I am. ”

- Angie Everhart

“ Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will. ”

- John McCain

“ So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel! ”

- Eddie Izzard

“ I let the American people down. ”

- Richard M. Nixon

“ I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans. ”

- Michael Caine

“ It was like a Japanese ball player being invited to play first base for the Yankees. ”

- Geraldine Kidston

“ I know only two tunes. One them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't. ”

- Ulysses S. Grant

“ The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly no engineers and mechanics. Let Yankees adopt such low callings. ”

- Margaret Mitchell

“ I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets? ”

- Sparky Anderson

“ I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary. ”

- Yogi Berra

“ My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper. ”

- James Caan

“ All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. ”

- John Cheever

“ I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game. ”

- Bob Feller

“ The crack of a bat sounded amplified in cavernous Yankee Stadium, sprinkled lightly with fans on a cool September evening. ”

- William E. Geist

“ Yankee Stadium is my favorite stadium; I'm not going to lie to you. There's a certain feel you get in Yankee Stadium. ”

- Derek Jeter

“ Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans. ”

- Bob Geldof

“ You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees. ”

- Bill Lee

“ The A's are held to the standard of the Yankees in a funny kind of way. That if they don't win the World Series it is regarded as a failure. ”

- Michael Lewis
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