Flags Quotes

516 quotes by 417 authors

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny. — Daniel Webster
I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor. — Shaun White
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. — Howard Zinn
Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in… — James A. Baldwin
Perhaps, when we remember wars, we should take off our clothes and paint ourselves blue and go on all fours all day long and grunt… — Kurt Vonnegut
It is a dangerous day when we can take the cross out of the church more easily than the flag. No wonder it is hard… — Shane Claiborne
We are to regard existence as a raid or great adventure; it is to be judged, therefore, not by what calamities it encounters, but by… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I'd buy myself a cabin on the beach, I'd put some glue in my navel, and I'd stick a flag in there. Then I'd wait… — Albert Camus
Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu... was like putting something very… — Terry Pratchett
Tomorrow you're all going to wake up in a brave new world, a world where the Constitution gets trampled by an army of terrorist clones,… — Stephen Colbert
Canadians are fond of a good disaster, especially if it has ice, water, or snow in it. You thought the national flag was about a… — Margaret Atwood
But didn't you say you were satisfied with your life?" "Word games," I dismissed. "Every army needs a flag. — Haruki Murakami
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves… — Molly Ivins
It was how wars really ended, Dieffenbaker supposed -- not at truce tables but in cancer wards and office cafeterias and traffic jams. Wars died… — Stephen King
Good women are no fun... The only good woman I can recall in history was Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag. — Mae West
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spiritâ€”for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and… — John Steinbeck
How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding. "The Ministry's providing a couple of cars," said… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You have taught us much. Come with us and join the movement." "This movement of yours, does it have slogans?" inquired the Chink. "Right on!"… — Tom Robbins
It comes as a great shockâ€¦to discover that the flag to which you have pledged allegianceâ€¦has not pledged allegiance to you. It comes as a… — James A. Baldwin
A sudden gust of rain blew over them and then another - as if small liquid clouds were bouncing along the land. Lightning entered the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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