Country Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Download Open image “If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Country Foreign countries Ifs Knows Nationalism Patriotism Standards
A man should know something of his own country too, before he goes abroad. — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
One always likes to think that other countries are not like one's own. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
We must apply the same standards to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt that we apply to Iran, Russia and Syria. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
The working people know no country. They are citizens of the world. — Samuel Gompers Copy Share Image
Of course, one cannot get to know a country like the United States in short visits. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
It is vital that people are aware of what the Foreign Office can and can't do. — David Lidington Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to disclaim your country and inhabit another before you can return to your own. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues. — Saad Hariri Copy Share Image
The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately… — Gijs de Vries Copy Share Image
To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless. — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
The reason I was drawn to the Band Perry was because they have a knack for doing rollicking country music that can sound a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image