Continent Quotes

345 Continent quotes by 271 unique authors

The open frontier, the hardships of homesteading from scratch, the wealth of natural resources, the whole vast challenge of a continent waiting to be exploited,… — Barbara Tuchman
The oldest form of the Choral Dance is the circle. Even the chimpanzees dance in a circle, and people of every continent still do it. — Curt Sachs
Away back in that time-in 1492 - there was a man by the name of Columbus came from across the great ocean, and he discovered… — Unknown Author
There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies, not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. They… — Moshe Katsav
Africa is an article of faith. I believe in this continent. — Sunil Bharti Mittal
AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as… — Ambrose Bierce
Those new regions [America] which we found and explored with the fleet . . . we may rightly call a New World . . .… — Amerigo Vespucci
May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall be, sooner or later, within the magic circle of the… — William S. Burroughs
Entire new continent can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary to… — Dave Barry
I am honoured to be asked to take on this role, especially as it comes at such an integral time for our relationship with South… — Paul Boateng
Three hundred men, each of whom knows all the other, govern the fate of the European continent, and they elect their successors from their entourage. — Walther Rathenau
There's conflict on every continent, the poverty rate is increasing, the environment's a wreck, and I'm not supposed to be affected? — Unknown Author
Creativity is not a solitary movement. That is its power. Whatever is touched by it, whoever hears it, sees it, senses it, knows it, it's… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The night sky in North Korea might be the most brilliant in northeast Asia, the only airspace spared the coal dust, Gobi Desert sand, and… — Barbara Demick
We forgot this continent for a long time - and now, finally Africa is being rediscovered. — Fernando Meirelles
I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing… — Ozwald Boateng
For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his… — Kwame Nkrumah
Men and women, inspired by faith in man's dignity, goaded by conviction in man's responsibility, labored that this land might be a better home for… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
She wouldn't climb out of the bed for her sister, but she had climbed into a crater. She wouldn't cross a room, but she had… — Anthony Marra
While my hand is on the stick, my feet on the rudder, and my eyes on the compass, this consciousness, like a winged messenger, goes… — Charles Lindbergh
Bargaining is a repulsive habit; compromise is one of the highest human virtues - the difference between the two being that the first is practised… — George Mikes
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the… — Pema Chodron
The first priority will consist in restoring a sense of the acceptance of life as a gift from God. According to both Sacred Scripture and… — Pope Benedict XVI
In Britain, an attractive woman is somehow suspect. If there is talent as well, it is overshadowed. Beauty and brains just can't be entertained; someone… — Vivien Leigh

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