Since the invention of steamships distant countries have…

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

— Townsend Harris

“He had tales of distant countries.”

— James Joyce

In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries

— Charles Darwin

What you need to know about North Korea is that it's not like other countries like Iran or Cuba. In those countries, you have…

— Park Yeon-mi

My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries... like I do.

— Henry Rollins

“The happiest countries, like the happiest women, have no history.”

— L.M. Montgomery

Countries like Japan do not have to change their cultures to address their educational shortcomings; they simply have to adjust their policies and practices.

— Jose Angel Gurria

It's great to see countries like China and India lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty by essentially copying Western ways of…

— Niall Ferguson

Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

— Christine Lagarde

I tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea.

— John Gimlette

We continue to grow, and, just like with countries like China or other countries where we are not doing particularly well, we take a…

— Jan Koum

To deal with COVID-19, countries like India, Brazil, Jordan and Thailand are cutting press freedom and freedom of expression. In nations like Israel, South…

— Maria Ressa

Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times…

— Bernard Levin

There was a time when only men could provide or work, and still a lot of countries are like that. But there's a price…

— Patricia Arquette