American Privately Built

Famous quotes containing the words american, privately and/or built:

    “Alex Sebastian: Mother, mother.
    Mrs. Sebastian: Why are you up so early?
    Alex: I need your help.
    Mrs. Sebastian: Something is wrong?
    Alex: A great deal.... I am married to an American agent.”
    —Ben Hecht (1893–1964)

    “Rape is a culturally fostered means of suppressing women. Legally we say we deplore it, but mythically we romanticize and perpetuate it, and privately we excuse and overlook it.”
    —Victoria Billings (b. 1945)

    “Thus your fathers were made
    Fellow citizens of the saints, of the household of GOD, being built upon the foundation
    Of apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself the chief cornerstone.
    But you, have you built well, that you now sit helpless in a ruined house?”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)