Best European Proverbs

863 European quotes by 641 unique authors

The European nations take climate change very seriously. — Donella Meadows
Why is our (US) government the only one in the civilized world with a stupid, short-term energy policy? Why do our elected officials consider a… — Donella Meadows
Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene. All immigrants bring exotic… — Daniel Pipes
I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time. — Sergio Leone
At times, European football can be very slow but it speeds up in the final third. — Rio Ferdinand
African cavalry mounted on rhinos or hippos would have made mincemeat of European cavalry mounted on horses. But it couldnt happen. — Jared Diamond
In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both… — A J P Taylor
There is no place for [the Bantu] in the European community above the level of certain forms of labour ... What is the use of… — Hendrik Verwoerd
If it is presumed that the Kenyans will democratise in order to eat the peanuts of development assistance from the European Union... it would be… — Meles Zenawi
A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries. — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
The New York book was a visual diary and it was also kind of personal newspaper. I wanted it to look like the news. I… — William Klein
We know what we want. To us it means nothing that there is a Soviet Union somewhere in the world, for the sake of whose… — Buenaventura Durruti
People always say it's a shame someone as talented as Ryan Giggs or George Best before him never played in a World Cup or European… — Barry Ferguson
The Renaissance of Europe did not take place in the 15th century. Rather it began when Europe learned from the culture of the Arabs. The… — Robert Briffault
Nasr combines in his writing audacious intellectual criticism, deep understanding of Islam... and a commitment to the Western-European contributions to the emancipation of the human… — Mohammed Arkoun
I think I'm more European in personality. — Sally Kirkland
The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as the European does,… — Ted Simon
What sort of attractions do you think lured our coreligionists out of the ghetto and into the mainstream of European culture? Was it the wit… — Ben Katchor
When we read with attention the poetical and philosophical monuments of the East--above all, those of India, which are beginning to spread in Europe--we discover… — Victor Cousin
Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse to use the… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread… — Fatos Nano
The best player I ever played against was Paolo Maldini. We [Arsenal] played against Milan in the European Supercup [in 1995]. Maldini marked me and… — Paul Merson
Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or… — Josef Albers
In 1491 the Inka ruled the greatest empire on earth. Bigger than Ming Dynasty China, bigger than Ivan the Great’s expanding Russia, bigger than Songhay… — Charles C. Mann
Given currency by Jrgen Habermas in the late l980s, 'constitutional patriotism' has emerged as an appealing principle for post-national political allegiance. Jan-Werner Mller traces the… — Charles S. Maier

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