Country Quotes · Page 334

Jesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ?

— Tex Sample

You don't need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.

— Barry Goldwater

I already lived in Switzerland in 2002, and from this time I know that it's a very calm country. I really enjoy…

— Felipe Massa

It is one thing to play for your university. It is another to play for your country.

— Jennie Finch

I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.

— Mike Figgis

In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively…

— Patrick Kavanagh

If you believe that all men are created equal, then a child's death in some other country is no less tragic than…

— Bill Gates

I don't know much about cities. When I go places, I usually stay in the country.

— Terry O'Quinn

She even learnt the language of a strange country which Senior Cosetti had been told some people believed still existed, although no-one…

— Susanna Clarke

Imagine someone telling you that by taking a certain drug you could win a single event and be three times richer, famous…

— Ned Overend

When you have armed militants, aided and abetted by a major country like Russia, able to use surface-to-air missiles to bring down…

— Hillary Clinton

People that voted for Donald Trump, people that support Donald Trump really, really believe that they were gonna lose the country if…

— Rush Limbaugh

If you want to go around saying that giving women the vote wrecked the country and still be taken seriously, it helps…

— Jacob Weisberg

All our compatriots know that the loss of Mongolia would mean the demise of our country. We would rather resist Russia and…

— Sun Yat-sen

I love the fact publishers are still publishing unprofitable material. It's a challenge to the powers that be. It's saying there is…

— Alan Lightman

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that…

— Tom Allen

I had a lovely experience once in Africa working with the U.N. when a president of a country met me about refugee…

— Angelina Jolie

I really gave up being passionate about politics 10, 15, 20 years ago, because I think finally that there were forces in…

— Norman Mailer

Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would…

— Ambrose Bierce

Be responsible for what you do. Don't throw trash on the highway, take care of animals, if you see someone in need…

— Mike Hughes

There's no excuse for domestic violence. It sounds like a challenge. I mean, does everything have to be so black-and-white in this…

— Daniel Tosh

I have never considered myself a writer in exile because I grew up outside of my own country, because my father was…

— Carlos Fuentes

I'd like to be honest to my time, and I lived from 1946, and I want to understand why our country, which…

— Oliver Stone

The problems are our lives. In the "developed" countries, at least, the large problems occur because all of us are living either…

— Wendell Berry

Youngsters taking up boxing will get a lot of encouragement to do something for the country, seeing my laurels.

— Mary Kom

Mufti sahab, apart from being my father, was one of the tallest leaders of the state and the country.

— Mehbooba Mufti

We cannot afford to let Brexit slip away - the political price, the reputational damage to the country is too great.

— Chris Grayling

So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.

— Naoto Kan

If we don't have quality healthcare in our country, I mean, we're the richest country in the world. We should.

— Ron Rivera

The government is opposed to all statements/speeches which divide the country on the basis of religion, caste, and creed.

— Rajnath Singh

... in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.

— Thomas Paine

I've wrestled on every continent but Antarctica and in every country in the world except for China and the U.S.S.R.

— Harley Race

Around it are those countries which, according to History, constitute the civilised world ie, a world that can support historians

— Terry Pratchett

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

— Dolly Parton

Country music came from Black people - it all started with the blues and bluegrass.

— Jimmie Allen

The existence of such an [international Islamic] army rules out the superpowers' interference in disputes among Muslim countries.

— Mohsen Rezaee

In France, like in most countries, the respect you receive depends on your class.

— Gaspar Noe

If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.

— Evelyn Waugh

In my view, as a country we need to rediscover some of that skepticism about government and revisit that libertarian agenda.

— Charles Kennedy

Science cannot stop while ethics catches up ... and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.

— Elvin C. Stakman