"I ran for myself, not Finland." — Paavo Nurmi
"I ran for myself, not Finland."
More Finland Quotes
- We have a huge game coming up in semi-finals. Just studying Finland or the Americans, whoever we're playing. Just moving… — Unknown Author
- You cannot trust people who have such bad cuisine. It [Great Britain] is the country with the worst food after… — Jacques Chirac
- We can't fire our way to Finland. — Linda Darling-Hammond
- Since when has Finland been a rotten place to live in? — David Attenborough
- Correlations are not explanations and besides, they can be as spurious as the high correlation in Finland between foxes killed… — Gunnar Myrdal
- The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts… — Tarja Halonen
- My husband is from Finland, so every so often I'll throw a Scandinavian-themed party. — Sarah Rafferty
- When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland… — Teemu Selanne
- Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history… — Harri Holkeri
- The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is… — Harri Holkeri
- In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex. — Harri Holkeri
- The fact is that Britain is the most warlike nation on earth. In the history of armed combat, we are… — Jeremy Clarkson