West Quotes

1578 West quotes by 1160 unique authors

I sleep 75 percent of all plane trips I take. I love red-eyes from West to East. I take Ambien to make sure I sleep.… — Trent Dilfer
The poet laureate of England talked about murdering Jews on the West Bank. — Steven T. Katz
Autumn in felted slipper shuffles on, Muted yet fiery.--Vita Sackville-West — Vita Sackville-West
Zip codes might be great for sorting mail, but they should not determine the quality of a child s education or success in the future… — Bob Wise
Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will consume… — Richard J. Foster
Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a North or an… — Barack Obama
Ebola is not just a health crisis. Across West Africa, a generation of young people risks being lost to an economic catastrophe, — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable - and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is… — John F. Kennedy
The future of humanity will move closer and closer toward the approach of Zen, because the meeting of the East and West is possible only… — Rajneesh
The ideal of self-advancement which the civilizing west offers to backward populations brings with it the plague of individual frustration. All the advantages brought by… — Eric Hoffer
Louis B. Mayer came out west with $28.00, a box camera and an old lion. He built a monument to himself -- the Bank of… — Bob Hope
The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire. I cried, Behold! the barren beach of hell At ebb of tide. — Alexander Smith
Three fishers went sailing away to the west, Away to the west as the sun went down; Each thought on the woman who loved him… — Charles Kingsley
Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity. — Philip James Bailey
When I left the West Coast I was a liberal. When I landed in New York I was a revolutionary. — Jane Fonda
The vanishing point leads to the missiles of today, which can take us out of this world. It could be that the west's greatest mistakes… — David Hockney
When I came to the West, I realized there was much hunger for spiritual teachings, but no environment for spirituality. — Sogyal Rinpoche
Every member of our baseball team at West Point became a general: this proves the value of team sports. — Omar N. Bradley
It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes. For it… — John Masefield
Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, like that of the Americas, is north/south rather than… — Jared Diamond
Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's east/west axis meant that species domesticated in one part of… — Jared Diamond
Communism is born out of misery, and if the West does not show more understanding, those people will take up arms and turn to others,… — Francois Mitterrand
The summer day is closed, the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours, The latest of whose train goes softly… — Bear Bryant
I believe no-one can insult you without your permission. Shilpa Shetty has paid the price for trying to desperately seek the approval of the West.… — Mahesh Bhatt
Yeah, I know he discovered the West Indies; it wasn't America. But the whole thing with Columbus was that people had been telling him, 'Don't… — Bill Cowher

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