Country Quotes · Page 285

Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.

— Franz Grillparzer

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

— Ashley Montagu

I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

I will continue to dedicate the best years of my life to the country I love.

— Joan Laporta

The old brown hen and the old blue sky, Between the two we live and die The broken cartwheel on the hill.

— Wallace Stevens

Medical care for the entire country seems to me a basic right. If every other country in the West can do it,…

— Paul Auster

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.

— Annette Funicello

Abortion in this country is not about protecting the lives of mothers.

— Mark Robinson

America is the land of the hustler: it's bigger, bolder, flasher, more in your face, whereas England's more about attention to detail…

— Dizzee Rascal

By the time I was in first grade, we had settled in New Jersey, and that's where I grew up, outside of…

— Sean Doolittle

Experts now talk about the ‘nutrition transition’, in which populations in developing countries move straight from malnourishment to obesity.

— Damian Thompson

I think of the kids that live on top of garbage dumps, I think of the ways we could reach out to…

— Rose McGowan

I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must…

— C. S. Lewis

Liberals like using government to solve problems in OUR country and conservatives are using our government to solve problems in OTHER countries.

— Matthew Lesko

As soon as people realize that the majority of people in this country take drugs then the better off we'll all be.…

— Noel Gallagher

Great men sometimes lose the reins and lose their heads. This time, let us hope that they will retain them and that…

— David Lloyd George

Winter then in its early and clear stages, was a purifying engine that ran unhindered over city and country, alerting the stars…

— Mark Helprin

About 15,000 years ago, humans colonised America, wiping out in the process about 75% of its large mammals. Numerous other species disappeared…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I would say that the people, largely, who I met were Democrats. But really it's what - people want to change the…

— Jonathan Tasini

I do think that the elections of 2010 and 2012 are going to determine the trajectory of the country. Either we're going…

— George Allen

It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the…

— Margaret Thatcher

The great personal fortunes in the country weren't built on a portfolio of fifty companies. They were built by someone who identified…

— Warren Buffett

Just imagine what would happen if Obama grew a pair and in his last year in office just said, "Forget it. Football…

— Steve Almond

There can be no justification to admit, in any way, the use of armed forced to intervene in the internal affairs of…

— Nicolae Ceausescu

We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to…

— Anonymous

I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

— George Strait

I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and I have such strong feelings about what…

— Robert Kennedy

I believe that we should stop the immigration, the mass immigration from Islamic countries.

— Geert Wilders

It is the dream of every player. Imagine winning the World Cup in your own country. It would be the happiest day…

— Paulinho

Each Dreamer in our country is more than a mere statistic; he or she is a proud American in everything but official…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.

— Chester A. Arthur

Each time I come it's amazing to watch the development of this incredible country [China].

— George Osborne

Barack Obama doesn't think this country should be number one. If it were number 35 it'd be fine with him.

— Rush Limbaugh

As citizens and children of India - whether we live at home or abroad - we must ask ourselves how we can…

— Ram Nath Kovind

America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy.

— Bono

The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of…

— Therese of Lisieux

If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country.

— Andrew Johnson

The Army is into every business in this country. Except hairdressing.

— Asma Jahangir

I wish that somehow, some way we could learn to live together in this country.

— Shirley Sherrod

I miss everything that makes up Panama. I don't have a preference. I love my country.

— Mariano Rivera