Continent Quotes

345 Continent quotes by 271 unique authors

With my mother's death all settled happiness, all that was tranquil and reliable, disappeared from my life. There was to be much fun, many pleasures,… — C.S. Lewis
America has been killing people on this continent since it was started. This country is not worth dying for... — Cindy Sheehan
The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. — Harold MacMillan
Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed… — Simon Newcomb
I've always believed that this blessed land was set apart in a special way, that some divine plan placed this great continent here between the… — Ronald Reagan
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and… — Brian Tracy
When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of Liberty… — Chauncey Depew
I have had close relationships with three species of wild pigs, each a chance encounter on a different continent, and all continue to enrich my… — Lyall Watson
Multiculturalism may well be our saviour, wresting us out from the straitjacket of our history, thrusting the old continent into an environment where other ethnicities,… — Loretta Napoleoni
Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent. — Wole Soyinka
My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in… — Dikembe Mutombo
I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to come to the… — Dikembe Mutombo
I think I shall return to America even a better patriot than when I left it. A citizen of the United States, travelling on the… — William Cullen Bryant
The first breath of air of Africa - it felt like you were in another continent - you were, you were - and it was… — Romeo Dallaire
After the Meiji restoration in 1868, Japan adopted an expansionist and colonial attitude towards its neighbours. It sought to identify itself with the West and… — Martin Jacques
Humanity has nearly suffocated the globe with carbon dioxide, yet nuclear power plants that produce no such emissions are so mired in objections and obstruction… — Michael Specter
My husband and I have enjoyed many summer holidays on the Continent, and many people say that their most memorable trips have been the journeys… — Margaret Beckett
In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what I also saw, even at that distance from the blitz, were bombed-out… — Cynthia Ozick
Having travelled to some 20 African countries, I find myself, like so many other visitors to Africa before me, intoxicated with the continent. And I… — Dennis Prager
My passion is more about bringing the stories out from the African continent mixed with the West. — Djimon Hounsou
Africa is my continent. It is where I opened my eyes. — Djimon Hounsou
Africa is a continent that provides so much for the existence of the rest of the world. We go around the world and cultivate so… — Djimon Hounsou
Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil conflict… — John Prendergast
Let there be freedom for the Indians, wherever they may be in the American Continent or elsewhere in the world, because while they are alive,… — Rigoberta Menchu
China will consider herself fortunate if she succeeds in keeping herself intact and is not dismembered or partitioned among the European powers that are colonizing… — Jose Rizal

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