Belgium Quotes

• I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!

  Audrey Hepburn

  Dog, Half, Dutch

  "Audrey Hepburn" by Barry Paris, (p. 46), 2002.

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• Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Country, Annoying, British

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• Belgium is a country with a split personality.

  Nicholas Royle

  Country, Personality, Splits

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.

  Kelly Miller

  Russia, Effort, Victory

  Kelly Miller (1919). “Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights: An Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War; why American Entered the Conflict; what the Allies Fought For; and a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...”

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• Belgium is modernizing itself and it gives me joy.

  King Albert II

  Giving, Joy, Give Me

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• And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and two of the Scandinavian countries. Everywhere small and medium sized industry prevails.

  Herman Gorter

  Country, Two, France

  "Open Letter to Comrade Lenin" by Herman Gorter, www.marxists.org. 1920.

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• Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris begun. It was not safe to start such a forward rush with Belgium unconquered.

  Kelly Miller

  Broken Heart, Paris, Broken Promises

  Kelly Miller (1919). “Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights ...: Why America Entered the Conflict ...& a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...”

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• The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not entertain that bargain either.

  Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

  Neutrality, Host, Interest

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• Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of the massacre of suspected guerrillas, as well as their wives and children, as well as the destruction of their homes in various towns and districts.

  Clara Zetkin

  Children, Home, Wife

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• Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Country, Europe, Ideas

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter of the rights of little nations (like little Belgium), as a highly evolved citizen of a highly civilized community, to refuse the claim of this better half to self-determination.

  Wyndham Lewis

  Determination, Men, Rights

  Wyndham Lewis (1926). “The Art of Being Ruled”

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• I'm a big traveler these days. I was in Hong Kong. I live there. I was just in Belgium with my parents and now I'm on my way to North America. You will find me all over.

  Jean-Claude Van Damme

  America, Parent, Way

  "Jean-Claude Van Damme Re-Evaluates Career: 'I Will Never Do Another Movie I Would Not Like'". Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. March 3, 2008.

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• I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who played in Holland and they were a bit like the Dutch.

  Simon Kuper

  Player, Support, Cups

  "Dutch Orange men get the blues" by Simon Hooper, www.cnn.com. May 10, 2002.

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• Everybody understands a slap in the face. In Japan, Belgium, or America, a punch is a punch. Comedy will be different in Europe or America or Japan, so my movies are very international.

  Jean-Claude Van Damme

  Japan, Europe, America

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 10, 2008.

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• In Belgium, the magistrate has the dignity of a prince, but by Bacchus, it is true that the brewer is king.

  Emile Verhaeren

  Kings, Beer, Dignity

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• One time we played a concert in Antwerp, Belgium. At least I thought it was Antwerp, Belgium. Turns out it was a Stop 'n Shop in Wisconsin somewhere, but it was fun man.

  Slash

  Fun, Men, Wisconsin

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• If Belgium win the World Cup, I will cut my hair.

  Marouane Fellaini

  Cutting, Winning, Hair

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• In my country (Belgium), if you sit beside the phone long enough, it will ring and you will be invited to play rugby for Belgium!

  Jacques Rogge

  Country, Phones, Play

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• We probably got on better with the likes of Holland, Belgium, Norway and Sweden, some of whom are not even European.

  Jack Charlton

  Sweden, Likes, Norway

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• One key lesson of history is that virtually anything, including afternoon or evening thundershowers, causes Germany to invade Belgium.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humorous, Keys

  Dave Barry (1997). “Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States”

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• In Holland and Belgium, and afterwards in England, my happiest moments were in the country. I've always had a passion for the outdoors, for trees, for birds and flowers.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Country, Flower, Passion

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• God has chosen little nations as the vessels by which He carries His choicest wines to the lips of humanity to rejoice their hearts, to exalt their vision, to strengthen their faith, and if we had stood by when two little nations [Belgium and Serbia] were being crushed and broken by the brutal hands of barbarians, our shame would have rung down the everlasting ages.

  David Lloyd George

  War, Heart, Wine

  "The Great War". David Lloyd George's Speech delivered at the Queen's Hall, London, September 19, 1914.

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• Remember back then we thought about al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and a few other places? well, we've seen al Qaeda metastasize. It is now a global scourge. And you have the ascendancy of ISIL. The combination of those two groups -- their appeal to the lone wolfs and we see them acting in Belgium and in France and in Canada and the United States so the threat factors and the nature of the threats are far more complicated and far more serious today than on September 12, 2001.

  Tom Ridge

  Nature, Two, Acting

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• As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the "capital of the free world." But it seems to me that Brussels, which boasts 1,000 years of history and which serves as the capital of Belgium, the home of the European Union, and the headquarters for NATO, this city has its own legitimate claim to that title.

  Joe Biden

  Home, Years, Cities

  "Biden Says Brussels Could Be 'Capital of the Free World'", www.foxnews.com. May 25, 2010.

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• A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Country, Art, Socialist Countries

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