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title: "93 Brussels Quotes by 75 authors"
description: "Browse 93 Brussels quotes by 75 authors. Discover the best Brussels sayings and thoughts."
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> [Moving from Rome to Brussels was hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/federica-mogherini/moving-from-rome-to-brussels-was-hard/)

[Federica Mogherini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/federica-mogherini/)

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> [I grew up in Brussels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-johnson/i-grew-up-in-brussels/)

[Jo Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-johnson/)

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> [Brussels sprouts are really quite versatile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yotam-ottolenghi/brussels-sprouts-are-really-quite-versatile/)

[Yotam Ottolenghi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yotam-ottolenghi/)

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> [There's water on Mars, and there's life beyond Brussels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matteo-salvini/there-s-water-on-mars-and-there-s-life-beyond-brussels/)

[Matteo Salvini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matteo-salvini/)

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> [The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-von-clausewitz/the-heart-of-france-lies-between-brussels-and-paris/)

[Carl von Clausewitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-von-clausewitz/)

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> [I can't think of anything I can't stand the taste of less than brussels sprouts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-welch/i-can-t-think-of-anything-i-can-t-stand-the-taste-of-less-than/)

[Michael Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-welch/)

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> [When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/when-will-labour-learn-that-you-cannot-build-jerusalem-in-brussels/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [Margaret Thatcher and John Major knew that bluff and bravado doesn't work in Brussels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-clarke/margaret-thatcher-and-john-major-knew-that-bluff-and-bravado-doesn-t/)

[Kenneth Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-clarke/)

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> [The brussels sprout. This is also the worst vegetable of next year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rubenstein/the-brussels-sprout-this-is-also-the-worst-vegetable-of-next-year/)

[Steven Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rubenstein/)

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> [Should we continue to run our economic affairs or be managed by people in Brussels?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-farage/should-we-continue-to-run-our-economic-affairs-or-be-managed-by/)

[Nigel Farage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-farage/)

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> [Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ouida/brussels-is-a-gay-little-city-that-lies-as-bright-within-its-girdle/)

[Ouida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ouida/)

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> [I was raised in Brussels as a Belgian but, at the same time, feeling that I wasn't necessarily from here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stromae/i-was-raised-in-brussels-as-a-belgian-but-at-the-same-time-feeling/)

[Stromae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stromae/)

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> [I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-pierre-raffarin/i-believe-that-transatlantic-relations-are-very-important-and-that/)

[Jean-Pierre Raffarin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-pierre-raffarin/)

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> [Brussels is sort of a mini London in the sense that if you think about putting a football pitch in London, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-kompany/brussels-is-sort-of-a-mini-london-in-the-sense-that-if-you-think/)

[Vincent Kompany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-kompany/)

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> [I like democracy. I like to be able to throw out my political leaders when they get things wrong, and we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cameron/i-like-democracy-i-like-to-be-able-to-throw-out-my-political-leaders/)

[David Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cameron/)

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> [After 30 years in Brussels, I can tell you: The relationship between the Commission and the Parliament has probably never been as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-juncker/after-30-years-in-brussels-i-can-tell-you-the-relationship-between/)

[Jean-Claude Juncker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-juncker/)

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> [I hate to shop. I consider it one of life's necessary evils, like brussels sprouts and high-heeled shoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurell-k-hamilton/i-hate-to-shop-i-consider-it-one-of-life-s-necessary-evils-like/)

[Laurell K. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurell-k-hamilton/)

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> [My father drove a bus in Anderlecht and he took me to training every day in Brussels from when I was 11 to 18.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dries-mertens/my-father-drove-a-bus-in-anderlecht-and-he-took-me-to-training-every/)

[Dries Mertens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dries-mertens/)

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> [I loved Queen, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, and people like Barbara Streisand. The thing with me is that classical music was also an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lara-fabian/i-loved-queen-journey-fleetwood-mac-and-people-like-barbara-streisand/)

[Lara Fabian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lara-fabian/)

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> [When I look at the chaotic and volatile debate right now, both in Germany and around the world, my impression and concern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peer-steinbruck/when-i-look-at-the-chaotic-and-volatile-debate-right-now-both-in/)

[Peer Steinbruck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peer-steinbruck/)

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> [We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/we-have-not-successfully-rolled-back-the-frontiers-of-the-state-in/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [By all means, let's have free trade and no trade barriers and a common market. But where did it all suddenly become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-dorfman/by-all-means-let-s-have-free-trade-and-no-trade-barriers-and-a-common/)

[Lloyd Dorfman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-dorfman/)

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> [It's not just other countries in Europe having a say over what we do. It's unelected bureaucrats in Brussels on sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cameron/it-s-not-just-other-countries-in-europe-having-a-say-over-what-we-do/)

[David Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cameron/)

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> [Whenever the debate moves on to hard numbers - our deficit with Europe, our surplus with the rest of the world, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-hannan/whenever-the-debate-moves-on-to-hard-numbers-our-deficit-with-europe/)

[Daniel Hannan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-hannan/)

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> [In some of the great cities of Europe - Paris, Vienna, Prague, and Brussels - tourists bored with life above ground can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-george/in-some-of-the-great-cities-of-europe-paris-vienna-prague-and/)

[Rose George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-george/)

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> [Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-rifkin/europe-will-not-accept-genetically-modified-foods-it-doesn-t-make-any/)

[Jeremy Rifkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-rifkin/)

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> [I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-think-that-the-real-tragedy-of-greece-aside-of-the-savagery-of/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [In Europe one needs to act ‘as if’ – as if what was wanted was little, in order to obtain much, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giuliano-amato/in-europe-one-needs-to-act-as-if-as-if-what-was-wanted-was-little-in/)

[Giuliano Amato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giuliano-amato/)

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> [This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-klaus/this-is-crossing-the-rubicon-after-which-there-will-be-no-more/)

[Vaclav Klaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-klaus/)

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> [Well, I think here there is some money gathered, especially in Europe, through the web, through connection to a network. I mean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-napoleoni/well-i-think-here-there-is-some-money-gathered-especially-in-europe/)

[Loretta Napoleoni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-napoleoni/)

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> [After a short period spent in Brussels as a guest of a neurological institute, I returned to Turin on the verge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-levi-montalcini/after-a-short-period-spent-in-brussels-as-a-guest-of-a-neurological/)

[Rita Levi-Montalcini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-levi-montalcini/)

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> [Just come to Brussels after a Council meeting. Do you know what happens? Every head of government holds his or her own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-schulz/just-come-to-brussels-after-a-council-meeting-do-you-know-what/)

[Martin Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-schulz/)

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> [Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists. They've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-borlaug/some-of-the-environmental-lobbyists-of-the-western-nations-are-the/)

[Norman Borlaug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-borlaug/)

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> [As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the "capital of the free world." But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/as-you-probably-know-some-american-politicians-and-american/)

[Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/)

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> [The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-korten/the-eu-will-face-problems-similar-to-the-us-an-increasing-gap-between/)

[David Korten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-korten/)

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> [How can someone like Alain Juppé still claim I haven't condemned the Paris and Brussels attacks, when I actually have. What I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ramadan/how-can-someone-like-alain-jupp-still-claim-i-haven-t-condemned-the/)

[Tariq Ramadan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ramadan/)

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> [I don't understand why Italians should be bound to Brussels's choices without being able to express themselves through a referendum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matteo-salvini/i-don-t-understand-why-italians-should-be-bound-to-brussels-s-choices/)

[Matteo Salvini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matteo-salvini/)

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> [Brussels sprouts are misunderstood - probably because most people don't know how to cook them properly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-english/brussels-sprouts-are-misunderstood-probably-because-most-people-don-t/)

[Todd English](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-english/)

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> [Once we leave the E.U., we will be able to slash the £600 million of costs of Brussels bureaucracy that hold back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priti-patel/once-we-leave-the-e-u-we-will-be-able-to-slash-the-600-million-of/)

[Priti Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priti-patel/)

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> [Brussels has become inefficient and very bureaucratic, which makes it slow to do things. The concept of the United States of Europe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-ratcliffe/brussels-has-become-inefficient-and-very-bureaucratic-which-makes-it/)

[Jim Ratcliffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-ratcliffe/)

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                        "text": "After a short period spent in Brussels as a guest of a neurological institute, I returned to Turin on the verge of the invasion of Belgium by the German army, Spring 1940, to join my family. The two alternatives left then to us were either to emigrate to the United States, or to pursue some activity that needed neither support nor connection with the outside Aryan world where we lived. My family chose this second alternative. I then decided to build a small research unit at home and installed it in my bedroom.",
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