Country Quotes · Page 245

It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

— Diego Maradona

Being some country lad from the banks of the River Boyne, I never wanted to be wealthy. I was driven by artistic…

— Pierce Brosnan

It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.

— Georg Brandes

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them.

— William Faulkner

I am a citizen of the world first, and of this country at a later and more convenient hour.

— Henry David Thoreau

We are in love with youth culture in this country... It permeates every aspect of people's lives.

— Miriam Shor

When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem.

— Martina Navratilova

I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies.

— Al Franken

Putting women first would mean strengthening America's social safety net, because a higher proportion of single-mother families live in poverty here than…

— Stephanie Coontz

Chicago made me. They can treat me however they want to treat me anywhere else in the country. When I go back…

— Lil Rel Howery

I'm so thankful a significant majority of Americans are saying no to military intervention. We've got to find a solution that will…

— Desmond Tutu

This patriotic revolution where people want to find their own identity are not racist but want to fight for the preservation of…

— Geert Wilders

Are you ready to fight for good jobs and and a solid level playing field? Are you ready to prove to another…

— Elizabeth Warren

America has become one of the foremost countries in regard to the depth of the abyss which lies between the handful of…

— Vladimir Lenin

Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so…

— Vladimir Putin

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States…

— Anonymous

Sometimes, when asked the what-do-you-do question, it occurs to me to say that I work for the government. I have a government…

— Robert Fulghum

Any man of energy and initiative can get what he wants out of life. But when initiative is crippled by legislation or…

— Anonymous

I was being musically mentored by a lot of people who were obviously more talented and skilled than I was, and I…

— Katy Perry

'Love Don't Let Me Down,' which is the original title of 'Country Strong,' was just as difficult emotionally as 'Tron' was physically.…

— Garrett Hedlund

In fact, Clinton-era publications of the US Space Command describe control over space as a parallel to control over the oceans a…

— Noam Chomsky

Still, no one finally knows what a poet is supposed either to be or to do. Especially in this country, one takes…

— Robert Creeley

It would much conduce to the public benefit, if, instead of discouraging free-thinking, there was erected in the midst of this free…

— George Berkeley

I learned from master teachers at the University of Evansville, at Juilliard, at Shakespeare festivals all over the country, eventually landing at…

— Carrie Preston

From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.

— Bashar al-Assad

President Trump is the greatest thing that's happened to this country. I consider it a biblical miracle that he's there.

— Luther Strange

I came to Congress to continue a career of service to my country and to stand up for the values I learned…

— Ronny Jackson

America, and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world,

— Stephen Harper

Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no…

— George Bernard Shaw

There is a certain amount of momentum that is achieved when one country after another reopens their borders.

— Mike Johanns

One day I'd love a house in the country, with some chickens, dogs and kids.

— Katie McGrath

If I find what I like, maybe in about five years we'll be able to afford to build a home in the…

— Kent McCord

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

— Winston Churchill

Indeed, as long as a country has a culture a religion an ideology where Islam is dominant it will never be a…

— Geert Wilders

Of course, one cannot get to know a country like the United States in short visits.

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

One of the great joys of my job is having the privilege of meeting people from all across the country and hearing…

— Ajit Pai

In the Trump administration we will end decades of policies that enrich special interests and foreign countries at our expense.

— Donald Trump

Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in.

— Azar Nafisi

We should always be having a conversation about if we could make this country more inclusive and what we can do to…

— W. Kamau Bell

I want to go to - what's that hot country with a lot of money? - Dubai.

— Grandmaster Flash