Country Quotes · Page 307

Some days, I don't recognise my country, and other days, I see people being vocal and passionate, and I think, 'There's my…

— Audra McDonald

Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.

— William J. Clinton

A song is like a dream, and you try to make it come true. They're like strange countries that you have to…

— Bob Dylan

Obviously I love Nashville, I love Tennessee. It's a great organization to play for.

— Marcus Mariota

A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.

— Martha Plimpton

There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan…

— Sam Hunt

I really love country music, just this idea of three chords and the truth.

— Ragnar Kjartansson

This country was founded by immigrants... I don't see Mr. Trump looking like an Apache, so all of us, we are immigrants.

— Eugenio Derbez

Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave…

— Ken Follett

I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired…

— Richard Simmons

I just rode cross-country and the thing I noticed is just how afraid everyone is, and how nervous and scared and angry…

— Paul Beatty

“The country morning exists; the city morning promises. The former makes one live; the latter makes one think. And I’m doomed always…

— Fernando Pessoa

I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of Country Music moved me.…

— Harlan Howard

We still retain in Britain a deeper sense of class, a more obvious social stratification, and stronger class resentments, than any of…

— Anthony Crosland

Here's a little newsflash for those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to…

— Sarah Palin

I found incredible kindness, dignity and hospitality in both Iraq and Afghanistan - am only alive because of it - the most…

— Rory Stewart

Many novelists say, "I'm not a political novelist" - myself included. That's a standard, even a default position. Whereas that divide between…

— Katie Kitamura

The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field…

— Tom Clancy

Two things made this country great: White men & Christianity. The degree these two have diminished is in direct proportion to the…

— Don Davis

We live in a world of absolute immediacy. It is an interconnected, combustible world, where technology and many other actions have given…

— Chuck Hagel

I can't tell you how many times I get into a taxicab in New York or Los Angeles, and I'm talking to…

— Andrew Zimmern

dreams must not take the place of actual life, nor constitute themselves a cowardly escape from it, but become rather a sanctuary…

— Maude Meagher

Despite the bigoted nature of Donald Trump's plan to keep Muslims - all Muslims out of this country and almost universal condemnation…

— Donald Trump

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor,…

— Benjamin Franklin

I think, in this country, if you work 40 hours a week, and you work hard, you ought to be able to…

— John Hickenlooper

I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence.

— David Wooster

In the life of any country, the most defining moment is the creation of the country itself.

— Arun Jaitley

When you're trying to inspire individuals across the country, you have to have a reflection that people can see themselves in.

— Linda Sarsour

For me, I think the Champions League is the biggest trophy, but playing for your country in the World Cup... it's hard…

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

The United States is a country where practically everybody considers himself middle class.

— Timothy Noah

Come a little closer, love the way you look tonight, my eyes are the only thing, I don't want to take off…

— Blake Shelton

Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.

— Pierre Trudeau

The opportunity to play for the country itself gives you good confidence.

— Vijay Shankar

When I first came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English.

— Wilmer Valderrama

Troubles cured you salty as a country ham, smoky to the taste, thick-skinned and tender inside.

— Marge Piercy

There are so many great things about this country, but certain things we can't take over and over and over again.

— LeSean McCoy

“Humankind is the greatest resources. Don’t lose faith in the people.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and…

— George Soros

What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

There's one political party in this country, and that's the corporate party.

— John Hall