Flag Quotes

531 quotes by 426 authors

She wanted to tell him so mach, on the tarmac, the day he left. The world is run by brutal men and the surest proof… — Colum McCann
A flag is supposed to represent everything that a country does. It doesn't only represent the good things. If you burn the flag, you're burning… — George Carlin
We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. "I claim India for Britain!" They're… — Eddie Izzard
Identification with the rag called the national flag is an emotional and sentimental factor and for that factor you are willing to kill another -… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Children of the Nephilim," Magnus said. "Well, well. I don't recall inviting you." Isabelle took out her invitation and waved it like a white flag.… — Cassandra Clare
Japanese-owned cargo ship Tsimtsum, flying Panamanian flag, sank July 2nd, 1977, in Pacific, four days out of Manila. Am in lifeboat. Pi Patel my name.… — Yann Martel
A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree,… — Orson Scott Card
When the kid began to flag, Riley picked her up, swung her onto his back, and kept running. The leopard in Mercy growled in approval… — Nalini Singh
Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk?… — L. Frank Baum
He started to smile. â€œAre you waving the white flag?â€ â€œNot so fast. Iâ€™m saying we can take things slow. See if it blows up… — Jeaniene Frost
It's strange how the human mind swings back and forth, from one extreme to another. Does truth lie at some point of the pendulum's swing,… — Graham Greene
We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our particular nationality, with… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk… — Umberto Eco
We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that we actually possess… — Steven Pressfield
..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating themselves? does the orphanage stop screaming for… — Andrea Gibson
No, Iâ€™m not an American. Iâ€™m one of 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism. One of the â€¦ victims of democracy,… — Malcolm X
If that's what you're thinking, then don't even question it. Go let your freak flag fly, brother. — Anthony Kiedis
My hair is so scary that if you saw it walking down the street, you'd cross to the other side. This humidity is not helping.… — Susane Colasanti
Raising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason. — Terry Pratchett
We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts… — C.S. Lewis

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