Country Quotes - Page 23

• You know what, man? I am going to literally — if (Palin) gets elected president, I am going to hang out on the grassy knoll all the time, just loaded and ready — because you know what? It’s for my country. It’s for my country. If I got to sacrifice myself, it’s for my country.

  Christopher Titus

  Sacrifice, Men, President

  7 Copy quote

• Our long-term objective is clear: to replace the Labour Party as the progressive wing of politics in this country.

  Jo Grimond

  Party, Wings, Long

  Said in November 1953. "The Liberal Dilemma". Book by Alan Watkins, p. 91, 1966.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• After Theda Bara appeared in A Fool There Was, a vampire wave surged over the country. Women appeared in vampire gowns, pendant earrings, and even young girls were attempting to change from frank, open-eyed ingenues to the almond-eyed, carmine-lipped woman of subtlety and mystery.

  Mary Pickford

  Girl, Vampire, Gowns

  17 Copy quote

• You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you are dedicated to selfless service--it is not a virtue in my morality. In my morality, the defense of one's country means that a man is personally unwilling to live as the conquered slave of any enemy, foreign or domestic. This is an enormous virtue.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Men, Insults You

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.18, Penguin

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise.

  Dr. Seuss

  Children, Reading, Thinking

  4 Copy quote

• I’m American. I can’t stand Brazilians. They live in a third-world country anyway, so they’ll go anywhere if there’s a little money. I live in America. I want to be a champion of an American organization.

  Phil Baroni

  Organization, America, Champion

  4 Copy quote

• Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Running, Business

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.

  Adam Michnik

  Israel, Middle East, Election

  17 Copy quote

• Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.

  Barbara Sher

  Horizon, Destination

  Barbara Sher (1979). “Wishcraft: How to Get what You Really Want”

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.

  Nelson Mandela

  Effort, Future Business, Business Leadership

  4 Copy quote

• Of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country, the candid and the just will now admit that both have contributed splendid talents, spotless integrity, ardent patriotism, and disinterested sacrifices to the formation and administration of this Government, and that both have required a liberal indulgence for a portion of human infirmity and error.

  John Quincy Adams

  Integrity, Party, Sacrifice

  John Quincy Adams, Kenneth V. Jones, United States. President (1825-1829 : Adams) (1970). “John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

  60 Copy quote

  Show source

• What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift of power away from where it has been the last 50 to 100 to 150 years, back to Asia?

  Hans Rosling

  Motivation, War, Inspiration

  18 Copy quote

• Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country [Afghanistan] is dominated by drug economy and a mafia; textbook economics does not work in my context.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Motivation, Inspiration, Drug

  6 Copy quote

• It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts which I have made and am making for the restoration of a righteous peace to our country, I am upheld and sustained by the good wishes and prayers of God's people. No one is more deeply than myself aware that without His favor our highest wisdom is but as foolishness and that our most strenuous efforts would avail nothing in the shadow of His displeasure.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Cheer, Prayer, People

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.53, Courier Corporation

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• The high price of health care in this country is a serious issue that demands serious attention. Putting limits on damages have little or no effect on skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates.

  Mary Landrieu

  Issues, Attention, Demand

  7 Copy quote

• Our media, which is very open and report on really everything, tend to exaggerate the crime issue...This is why one gets the impression that we have much more crime than other countries.

  Jacob Zuma

  Media, Issues, Ridiculous

  7 Copy quote

• God expects the ANC to rule this country because we are the only organisation which was blessed by pastors when it was formed. It is even blessed in Heaven. That is why we will rule until Jesus comes back. We should not allow anyone to govern our city [Cape Town] when we are ruling the country.

  Jacob Zuma

  Jesus, Blessed, Cities

  110 Copy quote

• North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not easy for somebody who’s escaped a totalitarian country to live in the free world. Defectors have to rediscover who they are in a world that offers endless possibilities. Choosing where to live, what to do, even which clothes to put on in the morning is tough enough for those of us accustomed to making choices; it can be utterly paralyzing for people who’ve had decisions made for them by the state their entire lives.

  Barbara Demick

  Morning, Clothes, People

  8 Copy quote

• I’m so thrilled to manufacture in LA and to support the finely skilled craftsmen and women. Making it in America ensures that the fashion industry will continue to thrive in this country for years to come.

  Nanette Lepore

  Fashion, Years, America

  4 Copy quote

• Many countries today have begun the transition from an industrial wealth system and civilization to a knowledge-based system - without appreciating that a new wealth system is impossible without a corresponding new way of life.

  Alvin Toffler

  Civilization, Appreciate, Today

  4 Copy quote

• If the guidebook used to be critical, today it seems largely a celebratory adjunct to the publicity operations of hotels, resorts, and even countries.

  Paul Fussell

  Today, Publicity, Used

  4 Copy quote

• Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And, you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But that’s how I was raised and I believe that it should be between a man and a woman.

  Carrie Prejean

  Sex, Believe, Men

  "My Voltaire Moment" by Stephen Robert Morse, www.motherjones.com. June 11, 2009.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

  Mindy McCready

  Singers, Fame

  5 Copy quote

• I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other restaurants that went broke. It didn't all start just a few years ago!

  Paul Prudhomme

  Years, Different, Three

  4 Copy quote

• People are fed up with Labour for taking them for granted for far too long, they are fed up of too much spin, and the people of Dunfermline and West Fife have spoken for the rest of the country with their views on the Labour government.

  Willie Rennie

  Government, Views, Long

  4 Copy quote