Quotes about count
country gold able
The riches of a country are to be valued by the quantity of labor its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not by the quantity of silver and gold they possess; which will purchase more or less labor, and therefore is more or less valuable, as is said before, according to its scarcity or plenty. Benjamin Franklin
country hypocrite men
Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical pretenders to religion or by the openly profane? The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law. A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law.
country deeds world
Love of country is the Mason's deed; world citizenship is his thought.
country thinking risk
I don't think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically. Ben Bernanke
country media ideas
The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country. Barbra Streisand
country names trials
Saddam Hussein's trial would not be public since he could name countries and persons whom he gave money. Ayad Allawi
country school competition
In school I really loved Shakespeare, and I participated in a country-wide Shakespeare competition. Aya Cash
country chance decided
They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
country differences people
I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural experts fail to notice that, through their anxious avoidance of criticizing non-Western countries, they trap the people who represent these cultures in a state of backwardness. The experts may have the best of intentions, but as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
country issues political
We will not allow to become a political issue in this country the question of Asianisation. Bob Hawke
country humorous home
All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It's in the lease. Bob Hope
country war iceland
I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people. Bjork
country lying dirty
Once we were happy in our own country and we were seldom hungry, for then the two-leggeds and the four-leggeds lived together like relatives, and there was plenty for them and for us. But the Wasichus came, and they have made little islands for us and other little islands for the four-leggeds, and always these islands are becoming smaller, for around them surges the gnawing flood of the Wasichu; and it is dirty with lies and greed. Black Elk
country husband father
My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country. Betty Ford
country teacher father
There is here, what is not in the old country. In spite of hard, unfamiliar things, there is here - hope. In the old country, a man can be no more than his father, providing he works hard. If his father was a carpenter, he may be a carpenter. He many not be a teacher or a priest. He may rise - but only to his father's state. In the old country, a man is given to the past. Here he belongs to the future. In this land, he may be what he will, if he has the good heart and the way of working honestly at the right things. Betty Smith
country travel thinking
before one actually visits them, everyone tends to think of their favorite countries as one grand Disneyland filled with national monuments and historical treasures conveniently laid out for easy viewing, when what they really are filled with, of course, is people going to work, laundromats and places to buy rat poison. Bette Midler
country together levels
The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate. In fact, I would have said we should more than double it, if I thought the absorptive capacity could scale up and if it was actually possible to get to that level. Bill Gates
country problem gang
Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment Bob Filner
countries friends-or-friendship hang
We are all from different countries so if we aren't friends then who are we going to hang out with?
country sweat suffering
How can it be "mutually beneficial" to sell at world market prices the raw materials that cost the underdeveloped countries immeasurable sweat and suffering. Che Guevara
country support use
The inflow of capital from the developed countries is the prerequisite for the establishment of economic dependence. This inflow takes various forms: loans granted on onerous terms; investments that place a given country in the power of the investors; almost total technological subordination of the dependent country to the developed country; control of a country's foreign trade by the big international monopolies; and in extreme cases, the use of force as an economic weapon in support of the other forms of exploitation.
country humble errors
We should not go to the [poor countries] and say: 'We come to ... teach you our science, to show you your errors.' ... We should go instead with an inquiring mind and a humble spirit to learn [from] these people.
country writing doe
A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.
country war men
Britney Spears' album Blackout is one of the hottest-selling CDs in the country. We're in a bad place, people: The world is melting, we're at war, and Two and a Half Men is a huge hit. Chelsea Handler
country world fans
It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway. Charley Pride
country mtv television
Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did.
country class usa
The trajectory of this country [USA] is not positive and particularly for the disadvantaged, as we see what's happening. The gains in productivity have dropped, the gains in income for the middle class and the least advantaged have slowed, at best. Charles Koch
country stars fun
You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars. Charles Kuralt
country allies strikes
When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back. Charles Krauthammer
country sex moving
Nearly 100,000 sex offenders remain unregistered, and are moving freely about the country; the risk that they may strike again grows every day. Bob Ney
country jobs golf
They do a heck of a job with the PGA professionals around the country and taking care of the clubs and country clubs and everything else, but when it comes to understanding the guys out here on Tour and everything else, I don't think they get it because they're not out here on a regular basis. Billy Horschel
country teacher strong
The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year. Bill Richardson
count definitely form
We can count on some form of precipitation. It's definitely going to do something.