Continent Quotes

345 Continent quotes by 271 unique authors

In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American continent, where the… — Brigham Young
The settler and pioneer have at bottom had justice on their side; this great continent could not have been kept as nothing but a game… — Theodore Roosevelt
But the idea of science and systematic knowledge is wanting to our whole instruction alike, and not only to that of our business class ...… — Matthew Arnold
A continent ages quickly once we come. The natives live in harmony with it. But the foreigner destroys, cuts down the trees, drains the water,… — Ernest Hemingway
A cathedral without windows, a face without eyes, a field without flowers, an alphabet without vowels, a continent without rivers, a night without stars, and… — Tad R. Callister
America has been the New World in all tongues, to all peoples, not because this continent was a new-found land, but because all those who… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms,… — Jeff Goodell
Presently I shall be introduced as 'this venerable old gentleman' and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of 'grand old… — Stephen Leacock
It's hard to measure success when we're dealing with between 500 and 5,000 years of patriarchy depending on which continent we sit, so I would… — Gloria Steinem
It's important to debunk the myths of Africa being this benighted continent civilized only when white people arrived. In fact, Africans had been creators of… — Henry Louis Gates
My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didn't have any… — Jane Goodall
I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England… — Russell Crowe
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. — John Donne
The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern waters. It's an… — Sylvia Earle
We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity. — Arthur Erickson
The world is now unipolar and contains o-nly o-ne superpower. Canada shares a continent with that superpower. — Stephen Harper
From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and… — John Hoeven
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that… — Abraham Lincoln
And I think that Africa is making progress that the world needs to recognize and assist the continent to continue on that path. — John Dramani Mahama
And I believe that it becomes a troubled continent because there are those who must always cause confusion so that we do not keep these… — Miriam Makeba
I think the Internet is absolutely extraordinary. It's very, very useful and I think one of the things we've got to do is make sure… — Thabo Mbeki
We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of… — Thabo Mbeki
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I… — Nelson Mandela
The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we… — Thabo Mbeki
Those who oppressed us described us as the Dark Continent! — Thabo Mbeki

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