Continent Quotes

345 Continent quotes by 271 unique authors

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages. — E. V. Lucas
We know less about the sexual life of little girls than of boys. But we need not feel ashamed of this distinction; after all, the… — Sigmund Freud
The whole concept of 'wild' was decidedly European, one not shared by the original inhabitants of this continent. What we called 'wilderness' was to the… — Doug Peacock
I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent. — Jacqueline Novogratz
We of the United States consider ourselves blessed. We have much to give thanks for. But the gift of providence we cherish most is that… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Canada and the United States have reached the point where we no longer think of each other as 'foreign' countries. We think of each other… — Harry S. Truman
No nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation of Canada. — Lyndon B. Johnson
As two proud and independent peoples, there is much that distinguishes us one from the other, but there is also much that we share: a… — Ronald Reagan
While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can untie in a common objective and… — Franklin Pierce
This world has seen a great many civilizations. And many of them have survived for longer periods than ours up to the present. They were… — Thor Heyerdahl
A single factory, potentially capable of supplying a whole continent with its particular product, cannot afford to wait until the public asks for its product;… — Edward Bernays
Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation. The notion that in order to have a nation it is necessary for there to be… — Kwame Nkrumah
The several tribes of Indians inhabiting the regions of the Upper Missouri. . . are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed… — George Catlin
The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent — Kwame Nkrumah
But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across a continent? If… — Peter Kropotkin
Never forget that it is we New Yorkers and New Englanders who have the monopoly of whatever oxygen there is in the American continent. — Van Wyck Brooks
There is a grandeur in the uniformity of the mass. When a fashion, a dance, a song, a slogan or a joke sweeps like wildfire… — Eric Hoffer
But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this… — Kurt Vonnegut
The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. — Riccardo Muti
My wife is one of the best wimin on this Continent, altho' she isn't always gentle as a lamb with mint sauce. — Charles Farrar Browne
As Africans, we need to share common recognition that all of us stand to lose if we fail to transform our continent. — Thabo Mbeki
Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o
American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the… — Christopher Dawson
Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world… — John Ashcroft
Who will find peace with the lands? The future of humankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up… — Vine Deloria, Jr.

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