Famous Quotes & Sayings

There's an inherent fear in this country of pictures of naked men. We've been trained to look at pictures of naked women, but we haven't been trained yet to look at pictures of naked men.

There's a million details, and one we had to work out is the cross-country event that requires skiers to have firearms.

John Roberts

It's a sad day for us, ... Our country has lost a remarkable public servant, and my family and I have lost a very dear friend.

Jack Quinn

It's a sad day for everybody and I think for the country when we lose somebody who's as serious about legislation as Sonny Bono. A lot of people used to poke fun at him and maybe didn't think he was serious as a congressman here in Washington but he did a great job and we're going to miss him.

It's a tragic waste of resources because we could probably be feeding a small country with all this money.

It's a testament to an immigrant who was welcomed by the state of New Jersey and by this country. I was provided the kind of opportunity that you only read about in fairly tales.

Endy Chavez

It was a very special moment and an unbelievable experience for me. To have the opportunity to play for my country is great. I'll keep that moment inside me for the rest of my life.

Garry Trudeau

It was at a time when U.S. troops were taking heavy casualties, and I wanted the strip to reflect the sacrifices that our countrymen were making.

It's a win-win situation. You get some work done, and a young man or woman serving our country gets to earn a little extra money.

It's a country store, not a convenience store.

It's a big relief to finally win it. I would rank it up there with winning the Stanley Cup. It's a huge deal for our country back in Sweden.

Michael Ignatieff

I can't think of this country without Quebec. Je parle francais. And when I think about being a Canadian, speaking French is part of it.

Crystal Bowersox

I hope that country music embraces me because I grew up on it and have a love for the music.

I've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics.

Egypt is not a country we live in but a country that lives within us.

Casey James

I love country music, always have and always will.

Chad Harbach

I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very sports-centric part of the country that I grew up in and I played a lot of sports, but baseball first and foremost. I played through high school. I was a middle-infielder.

Dougray Scott

With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago.

Norman Finkelstein

People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country.

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.

Pauline Marois

My victory is your victory. My victory is the victory of a unified party, a party that wants to propose to the Quebec people a country that is free and a country that is independent.

We pride ourselves on being in shape. There's not a team in the country that can out-condition us.

Steven Hatfill

I am a loyal American. I am extremely proud of the work I have done for the United States and for my country and her people. I expect to be treated as such by the representatives of my government and those who report its work.

Vladimir Putin

China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.

Dmitry Medvedev

Instead of the primitive raw material economy, we will create a smart economy generating unique knowledge, new useful things and technologies. Instead of the archaic society, in which the leaders think and make decisions for everyone, we will become a country of intelligent, free and responsible people

Dmitry Medvedev

Russia will honour its international commitments. Our country is a reliable borrower, a reliable creditor and a reliable supplier. Sanctions come and go, but business ties, economic interests and the reputation of a state remain

Dianne Feinstein

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans.

Dianne Feinstein

The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation.

Diane von Furstenberg

There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building - so there is a new lifestyle.

David Brooks

Big Brother is not the only danger facing the country. Another is the rising tide of distrust, the corrosive spread of cynicism, the fraying of the social fabric and the rise of people who are so individualistic in their outlook that they have no real understanding of how to knit others together and look after the common good.

Dave Chappelle

Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through.

David Sedaris

The good thing about being gay was always that you didn't have a wedding. People would say, "He's gay, but at least he didn't make us go to his wedding. He didn't make us fly across the country. He didn't make us choose between the fish and the beef."

David McCullough

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams