Country Quotes · Page 213

Genius is of no country; her pure ray Spreads all abroad, as general as the day.

— Charles Churchill

No substantial famine has ever occurred in a democratic country - no matter how poor.

— Amartya Sen

I always respected country music for its narrative and how it's so solid, you can get the picture in your mind.

— Jade Bird

I have a lot to thank Italy for. It's the country that opened the door to professional football for me.

— Patrice Evra

I think we need to be fighting for the working men and women of this country, not the moneyed New York interests.

— Ted Cruz

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

— Joseph Heller

Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.

— James Bryce

Dear diary: I am going to show him what little girls are made of, Gun Powder And Lead

— Anonymous

As the baby boomers like me are retiring and getting ready to retire, they will spend whatever it takes - and they're…

— David Rubenstein

Even from the simplest, the most realistic point of view, the countries which we long for occupy, at any given moment, a…

— Marcel Proust

I have a hoarding problem because my mom is from a third-world country. And she taught me that you can never throw…

— Ali Wong

The wheelchair and the prosthesis give me a soapbox to stand on. If it helps me get my message across, I'm glad;…

— Tammy Duckworth

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature…

— E. B. White

You only realise when you have children of your own how much your parents do for you. My dad, Colin, would get…

— Robbie Savage

'Hell in a Handbasket' is not dealing with the political nature of the country. It's dealing with the humanity and the compassion…

— Meat Loaf

I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always goes to war. It is not social…

— John Fowles

As developing countries became bigger traders, it was clear that the old way of doing business wouldn't fly. To get them back…

— Daniel Altman

By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a…

— Nancy Pelosi

When the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly all those countries had burgeoning democracies, women were still being left out. The big turning…

— Kathy Calvin

For many of us we are always wanting more - we would be happier if we had such and such. Maybe we…

— Abigail Van Buren

I'm on the Business Roundtable, the CEOs of the largest 100-odd companies in the country. Most of these people wanted very much…

— Henry Silverman

Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Part of what we're trying to do is lay out what really happened. For example, I've been trying to get across that…

— Ron Wyden

Dawn Of The Dead is about how we're just a country cannibalizing itself, turning into one shopping mall, and everyone at the…

— Eli Roth

I came to this country when I was 13 years old, I couldn't really speak English, and I had an accent.

— Jimmy O. Yang

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.

— Robert Baden-Powell

Kaepernick chose to kneel during the most politically divisive time in recent history. The country was completely divided.

— Joy Taylor

My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop.

— Lauren Alaina

I don't think that Americans are ungrateful, not at all. But I do think that we are a young country, and we…

— Beth Hart

To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself…

— A. Y. Jackson

The most important thing for me is to continue to learn, step by step, regardless of club or country.

— Gervinho

If we truly are the greatest city in the greatest country on Earth, we cannot fail those facing the greatest need.

— Eric Adams

I'm the most successful filmmaker in the country; what do I need PR for?

— Til Schweiger

I'm convinced that we can shape a different future for this country as it relates to mental health and as it relates…

— David Satcher

I think people all across the country want us to secure the border and make sure that terrorists are not coming into…

— Steve Scalise

When you play for your country, you remember all your performances, starting from the Under-19 days.

— S. Sreesanth

I don't like country music, so I won't buy a ticket. That doesn't mean I should be outside protesting.

— Eddie Griffin

An illusion has been created that Gujarat is the top performing state in the country in all facets. But that is not…

— J. Jayalalithaa

We need to restore the faith and trust between law enforcement and communities across the country.

— Mikie Sherrill

Donald Trump has to be Donald Trump. And the country will organize itself around who he is.

— Newt Gingrich