Country Quotes · Page 326

Things are changing tectonically in our country, and we can't just keep doing what we've been doing.

— Pete Buttigieg

I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.

— Natalie Maines

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

— Julia Sawalha

I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.

— Charlie Rich

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

— Julian Barnes

I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.

— Claire Foy

The fact that there are now gay men and women who can openly serve their country is a wonderful thing.

— Rob Halford

[On England:] In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.

— Shelagh Delaney

People are always surprised to find this out, but the songs that we write, such as 'Winner of a Losing Game' and…

— Jay DeMarcus

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community…

— Moshe Katsav

It's undeniable there's been remarkable progress for African-Americans in this country. They've been elected senators and governors and running major corporations. But…

— Dana Bash

I hate that Mosul is falling, but I also think that for 10 years we have supplied the Iraqis and they can't…

— Rand Paul

We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our Commander-in-Chief…

— Jeremiah Denton

We live in a country where everyone has a right to voice their opinion, and I appreciate that right. I do, however,…

— Frank Coraci

“A knowledgeable citizen is a powerful citizen because knowledge is power! Make your nation a powerful one... Keep reading to acquire more…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I think that we do have a great country, but there's a lot of things that we're not so great at. Unfortunately,…

— Donte Stallworth

However, I think we have to go back to the American bogeyman - we have to understand that this is a country…

— Fatima Bhutto

America inevitably "brings the distant near" because apart from members of the Native Nations, all of us originated in faraway places. Sadly,…

— Mitali Perkins

You always hear about fashion's success stories. How a starlet lost an earring one night and by the next morning, the entire…

— Erma Bombeck

Never, I say, had a country so many openings to happiness as this… Her cause was good. Her principles just and liberal.…

— Thomas Paine

The poor, stupid, free American citizen! Free to starve, free to tramp the highways of this great country, he enjoys universal suffrage,…

— Emma Goldman

The people responsible for the dollars that will buy the sex and violence so many deplore, don't even know what's going -…

— Norman Lear

People are selfish. But they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel…

— Robert Kennedy

The first victim in journalism today is proximity. I know I've used that word a lot. Because of foreign budgets, newspapers have…

— Anjan Sundaram

I competed in different places all over the world. I represented my country in the Pan-American championships.

— Alberto Del Rio

None. I think we should send a country some cupcakes. You think some cupcakes would cheer up North Korea? Kill 'em with…

— Gerard Way

We have more guns in our country than citizens. I think we could with maybe 100 million fewer guns. And I think…

— Jeffrey Wright

Leading my country out at the World Cup was something I'll never forget.

— Mark Viduka

When I came to India, it's just a different country, but the culture was same that I grew up in.

— Hazel Keech

I am very happy with it, it is a great honour to be the captain of your country.

— Virgil van Dijk

Canada's known as a hockey country and now we've proven that we can also play football as well.

— Alphonso Davies

The talent we have in our country is boundless, and we are going to do our best to keep releasing new music…

— Bhushan Kumar

We live in a bubble of progression, and over the last eight years [of Barack Obama], we've been a country of progression.

— Ansel Elgort

I'm one of those people that, if I'm in the country, I will have a look inside an old church.

— Alison Goldfrapp

This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need.

— Ariel Dorfman

I feel so honored that I'm bringing part of the culture of my country to other countries, you know, like the funk…

— Anitta

You cannot import anything from outside your country regarding the future of your country.

— Bashar al-Assad

If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they are?

— Pat Buchanan

There are racial and gender implications to how we think about what leadership looks like in the country.

— Stacey Abrams

Fighting with corruption is highly, is an issue, is a problem. It's highly on the agenda in our country.

— Dmitry Peskov