Foreigners Quotes · Page 5

Best way to live in California is to be from somewhere else.

— Cormac McCarthy

The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The reading public isn't born that doesn't think foreigners are either funny or faintly sinister.

— Christopher Hitchens

Truth requires a maximum effort to see through the eyes of strangers, foreigners, and enemies.

— Taylor Branch

“Be thankful you're an American as we treat foreigners a lot worse.”

— U.S. Dept. of Fear

I've seen foreigners really shift on their view of America, and that's hard for me to take.

— Billy Corgan

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

— Lee Child

“stability of government and dependability of laws which attracted foreigners.”

— Thomas Sowell

Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community.

— Joan D. Chittister

...it was never a good idea to date a foreigner. You can never tell when they're lying.' 'hello. Dave was BRITISH.

— Meg Cabot

The people are the masters of the revolution in each country. It is like putting a cart before the horse that foreigners…

— Kim Il-sung

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created…

— Abraham Lincoln

The English delight in Silence more than any other European Nation, if the Remarks which are made on us by Foreigners are…

— Joseph Addison

For a foreigner, L.A. is such a big, wonderful and weird place that, until you find your niche, you feel a little…

— David Lyons

The indigenous population is not responsible [for rising HIV infection rates]. It is the foreigners that we have to focus on.

— Robert Kilroy-Silk

I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate…

— John Hanning Speke

But-but…” Timmie’s eyes couldn’t get any wider. “Why did you tell her I’m your boyfriend? Why doesn’t she know about your real…

— Jeaniene Frost

I like him. I have a weakness for losers. Invalids, foreigners, the fat boy of the class, the ones nobody ever wants…

— Peter Høeg

Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made,…

— Mark Twain

Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as…

— Robert Moses

“If you think it's bad now, my friend, wait till we reach a town!' He shook his head and brushed at his…

— David Weber

In the Afghan people, I found the most resilient, welcoming people who, for the first time in my career, never judged me…

— Pietra Brettkelly

The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one…

— Terry Eagleton

If a country is an attractive place for foreigners to invest their funds, then that country will have a relatively high exchange…

— Milton Friedman

“Yes, Fraulein,' he said to Hannah. 'How gauche of you to have been born in another county. It is almost a capital…

— Laura L. Sullivan

The thought that my mother would suddenly be a foreigner would upset me very much.

— Tony Benn

There is in every country an antipathy to the foreigner.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

I find singing some of Foreigner's older songs are a little reckless and not exactly who I am now.

— Lou Gramm

Foreigners...the most difficult people to hold a conversation with. Just nod and agree boys, nod and agree.

— Anonymous

“England has a peculiar way of making foreigners feel exhilaratingly free and depressingly alone.”

— Elif Shafak

Frankly, I was surprised at how generous the Japanese press has been to the idea of a foreigner running Sony.

— Howard Stringer

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned

— Quentin Crisp

History shows that it is not only senseless and cruel, but also difficult to state who is a foreigner.

— Claudio Magris

I don't mind foreigners. God save the queen!" he squeaked and ran.

— Jeaniene Frost

My heart rebels against any foreigner imposing on my country the peace which is here called Pax-Britannica.

— Mahatma Gandhi

One thing we've learned is that there's not anything that Nigel Farage won't blame on foreigners.

— Nicola Sturgeon

“Japanese had never seen a Western-style circus, and most of them had probably never seen foreigners, either.”

— Frederik L. Schodt

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

— Voltaire

I've always felt like a foreigner wherever I've lived. I don't feel much towards my Italian or Scottish roots, although I do…

— Tom Conti

Are Singaporeans so easily offended? Please. Have more of a backbone and thick-skin. Are you going to go on a frenzied witch…

— Calvin Cheng