National Anthem Quotes

• Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Dad, New Orleans, Years

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• The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word "free" to a note so high nobody could reach it. That was deliberate.

  Tony Kushner

  White, Anthem, Angels In America

  Tony Kushner (2013). “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition”, p.230, Theatre Communications Group

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• Heartbreak is the national anthem. We sing it proudly.

  Taylor Swift

  Anthem

  Twitter post from Nov 03, 2014

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• I can't claim to know the words of all the national anthems in the world, but I don't know of any other that ends with a question and a challenge as ours does: Does that flag still wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? That is what we must all ask.

  Ronald Reagan

  Memorial Day, Home, Land

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• I was in the De Witt Clinton Hight School marching band. One of the worst bands ever formed. When we played the national anthem, people from every country stood - except Americans.

  Robert Klein

  Country, School, People

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• I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

  Kate Mara

  Important, Anthem, Tradition

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.

  Reba McEntire

  Oklahoma City, Doors, Cities

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 25, 2005.

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• I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'

  Jim Leyland

  Song, Humorous, Player

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• All of us ... should remember that no amount of flag-waving, pledging allegiance, or fervent singing of the national anthem is evidence that we are patriotic in the real sense of the word. ... Outward behavior, while important, is not the real measure of a man's patriotism.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Real, Patriotic, Men

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• I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Singing, Anthem, Super Bowl

  Twitter post from Feb 5, 2012

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• The national anthem of hell is, "I Did It My Way."

  Peter Kreeft

  Religion, Way, Anthem

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• There shall be a National Anthem containing incomprehensible words and a high note that normal humans cannot hit without risk of hernia.

  Dave Barry

  Risk, Normal, Anthem

  "Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway". Book by Dave Barry, 2001.

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• If you think the last four words to the national anthem are " gentleman, start your engines", You might be a redneck.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Redneck, Thinking, Gentleman

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• If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.

  Lyle Lovett

  Song, Artistic, Anthem

  "Lyle Lovett: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 23, 2012.

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• The only thing I can cheer for in Philadelphia is the national anthem.

  Bill Belichick

  Cheer, Philadelphia, Anthem

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• The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem.

  Hugh Jackman

  Song, Night, Australia

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• It doesn't take much to get me up for baseball. Once the National Anthem plays, I get chills. I even know the words to it now.

  Pete Rose

  Baseball, Play, Chill

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• I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my back and I will raise a fist.

  Jesse Ventura

  Fists, Anthem, Raises

  "Former Minnesota Gov. Ventura Miffed by Courts, Says He's Off to Mexico". www.foxnews.com. November 5, 2011.

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• At school my nickname is the National Anthem girl.

  Diana DeGarmo

  Girl, School, Nicknames

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• "National Anthem" was just a funny idea I'd been knocking about. I initially thought about a beloved celebrity having to do that - and then I watched an episode of 24. In my head, I was writing almost a parody of a 24-style president woken in the middle of the night with a crisis. It seemed more interesting to play it ultrastraight and to have the viewer's initial reaction be one of laughter and disbelief - and just have the whole thing become progressively more uncomfortable.

  Charlie Brooker

  Laughter, Writing, Night

  "The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

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• I sing the National Anthem, while I'm standing, over your body, hold you like a python.

  Lana Del Rey

  Python, Over You, Body

  Song: National Anthem, Album: Born 2 Die, 2012

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• [A] world in which it is wrong to murder an individual civilian and right to drop a thousand tons of high explosive on a residential area does sometimes make me wonder whether this earth of ours is not a loony bin made use of by some other planet. Not to have a national anthem would be logical.

  George Orwell

  Would Be, Use, World

  George Orwell (1968). “The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: As I please, 1943-1945”

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• The closest thing to Roseanne Barr's singing the national anthem was my cat being neutered.

  Johnny Carson

  Cat, Singing, Anthem

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• ... The Anarchists' [national] anthem is an international anthem that consists of 365 raspberries blown in very quick succession to the tune of Camptown Races. Nobody has to stand up for it, nobody has to listen to it, and, even better, nobody has to play it.

  Mike Harding

  Humorous, Race, Play

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• Bobby Orr was a star when they played the National Anthem in his first game.

  Harry Sinden

  Stars, Games, Firsts

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