Continental Quotes

55 quotes by 54 authors

Housing associations have fingered the fact that they cannot use their assets as liquidity due to Bank of England rules unlike their continental equivalents. This… — Vince Cable
God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature and he made… — Nicolas Cage
While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a thought, the new… — Douglas MacArthur
The time has come when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy, not permitting the greater portion of our… — George C. Marshall
That we can now think of no mechanism for astrology is relevant but unconvincing. No mechanism was known, for example, for continental drift when it… — Carl Sagan
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, But Diamonds are a girl's best friend. — Leo Robin
A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent. — David M. Raup
In the 21st century, hundreds of millions-and eventually billions-of human beings will transform their buildings into power plants to harvest renewable energies on site, store… — Jeremy Rifkin
Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved with the point of a… — Thomas Paine
I think the thing about Anne Boleyn is there is an exotic quality to her. This is a woman who wasnâ€™t raised in the English… — Natalie Dormer
On the Glass-Steagall thing, like I said, if you could demonstrate to me that it was a mistake, I'd be glad to look at the… — William J. Clinton
I became the first ever Euro-continental champion in WWF history. Well, besides D-Lo Brown, but he doesn't count. — Kurt Angle
Middle-earth is our world. I have (of course) placed the action in a purely imaginary (though not wholly impossible) period of antiquity, in which the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
In mission, also on a continental level, it is very important to reaffirm the family, which remains the essential cell of society and the Church;… — Pope Francis
Continental people have a sex life; the English have hot-water bottles. — George Mikes
There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English… — Joseph Hume
Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach. — Donald Pleasence
If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak… — Gouverneur Morris
We get twitted now and then on how we made this country. Well, we took the whole business, of course. It's not just that corner… — Robert Frost
With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army. — Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

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