Countries Quotes
2101 quotes by 1445 authors
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I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they…
— Roma Downey
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Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit.
— Leon Kass
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It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers…
— Lord Dunsany
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While the technology revolution has yet to reach far into the households of those in developing countries, this is certainly another area where more developed…
— Carol Bellamy
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Observe that the body of man is confined to a small place; it covers only two spans of earth. But the spirit and mind of…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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To fill the human heart with compassion, mercy and universal love, which should radiate to all countries, nations and peoples of the world. To make…
— Kirpal Singh
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Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God. If we would trust God for our persecuted brothers and sisters in other countries, we…
— Jerry Bridges
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Edwidge Danticat's prose has a Chekhovian simplicity--an ability to state the most urgent truths in a measured and patiently plain style that gathers a luminous…
— Madison Smartt Bell
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Whoever is full of wisdom is naturally compassionate; in fact we recognize that someone has gained spiritual wisdom by seeing their compassionate behavior. . .…
— Ravi Ravindra
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Across the world, the lack of accountability for the harm to the environment and public health caused by conflict and military activities undermines global efforts…
— Widad Akrawi
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Toxic remnants of war represent a profound challenge for the protection of public health and the restoration of the environment in countries affected by conflict.
— Widad Akrawi
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Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it…
— Malala Yousafzai
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There are few things more bizarre than watching people advocate that another country be bombed even while acknowledging that it will achieve no good outcomes…
— Glenn Greenwald
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Bread is the king of the table and all else is merely the court that surrounds the king. The countries are the soup, the meat,…
— Louis Bromfield
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I have the distinction of speaking to you from one of the few countries that still has a communist party.
— Dennis Miller
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In countries around the world, waistlines are expanding so rapidly that health experts recently coined a term for the epidemic: globesity.
— Laurie Cunningham
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POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only…
— Ambrose Bierce
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What outrages me as a representative of journalists is that there's not more outrage about the number, and the brutality, and the cavalier nature of…
— Linda Foley
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I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and Princeton grads want…
— Mike Teti
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