Quotes with country

Quotes 181 till 200 of 741.

  • Kingsley Amis Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means, in this country, the need to be left. I am driven into grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics.
    Kingsley Amis
    English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher (1922 - 1995)
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  • Bono Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Don Marquis He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Winston Churchill Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bao Dai Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.
    Bao Dai
    Vietnamese emperor
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  • Bob Ney Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster.
    Bob Ney
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Charles de Gaulle How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty six varieties of cheese?
    Charles de Gaulle
    French statesman (1890 - 1970)
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  • Al Gore How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Byron Dorgan I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Emily Brontë I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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  • Abdul Qadeer Khan I am proud of my work for my country.
    Abdul Qadeer Khan
    Pakistani nuclear physicist (1936 - )
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  • Michelle Obama I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.
    Michelle Obama
    lawyer and former First Lady of the United States (1964 - )
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  • Alexander Mackenzie I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people.
    Alexander Mackenzie
    Canadian politician
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  • Martina Navratilova I came to live in a country I love; some people label me a defector. I have loved men and women in my life; I've been labeled ''the bisexual defector'' in print. Want to know another secret? I'm even ambidextrous. I don't like labels. Just call me Martina.
    Martina Navratilova
    American Tennis player (1956 - )
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  • Buck Owens I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Harry S. Truman I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language - religion - government - blood - identity in these makes men of one country.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Susan Sontag I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro... this is a passionately racist country; it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Mark Twain I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Wyndham Lewis I feel most at home in the United States, not because it is intrinsically a more interesting country, but because no one really belongs there any more than I do. We are all there together in its wholly excellent vacuum.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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