Quotes about country
country urban living-in-the-country
I'm an urban person who loves living in the country. Dani Shapiro
country people honor
As secretary of state it's been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much - I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here. Condoleezza Rice
country ocean two
We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability.
country sex uganda
It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies- or to help the world's most desperate - the AIDS orphan in Uganda, the refugee fleeing Zimbabwe, the young woman who has been trafficked into the sex trade in Southeast Asia; the world's poorest in Haiti. Yet this assistance - together with the compassionate works of private charities - people of conscience and people of faith - has shown the soul of our country.
country people president
I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to a major international health crisis, and there are millions of people who are alive today in Africa and other developing countries because of that program.
country iceland healthy
Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I get so much grounding from Iceland because I know it's always going to be there. I have a very happy, healthy relationship with the country, so it's really easy to go everywhere because I always have Iceland to go back to. It's sort of a contradiction, but that's how it works somehow. Bjork
country great people states trying united
People are not trying to get into China, they're trying to get out of China. The United States is the only great country where people are trying to get into to this country for obvious reasons. Chuck Hagel
country degrees great kids red sure
We've got great potential in our country and the only way we're going to make sure kids are getting the degrees that they need, make sure we're getting through that red tape, is by working together. Amy Klobuchar
country entitled hard jews peace willing
We're willing to make difficult and hard decisions and compromises to live in peace with our neighbours, but we're entitled to our own country where Jews from around the world can come here, just as Palestinians from around the world can come to the Palestinian state. Benjamin Netanyahu
country critical decide doubtful knew moment probable view war whether
I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France.
country truth
Politicians said that with our cheap labour, we could be competitive in the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. We were the most uncompetitive country with that cheap labour.
country writing good-times
I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that. Dan Fogelberg
country nature book
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book. Cyril Connolly
country jail people
If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
country hydrogen-fuel cells
As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells. Dan Lipinski
country men america
To accept your country without betraying it, you must love it for that which shows what it might become. America -- this monument to the genius of ordinary men and women, this place where hope becomes capacity, this long, halting turn of 'no' into the 'yes' -- needs citizens who love it enough to re-imagine and re-make it. Cornel West
country people heartbeat
This country will kill you in a heartbeat and still people love it. Cormac McCarthy
country elitist people point radical run until
This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day. Danny Glover
country market
We were the only market in the country to do that.
country domestic factors matter performance saying shown
We were saying that sectors matter now, not countries, but Germany's performance, with its preponderance of domestic issues, has shown that country factors still matter.
country died forget liberate liberating nation sake sent time totally troops
We as a whole Kuwaiti nation will never, ever forget the time when the U.S. sent all their troops in 1991 to liberate my country. Many U.S. troops died for the sake of liberating my country and this is totally unforgettable.
country hardly player replace
We can't replace Rooney, I don't think there's another player like him in the country... there's hardly another player like him in Europe. Bobby Robson
country hurt
We come to this country to work; we are not here to hurt anybody.
country optimistic spite
We have got a country that is in recovery, ... We have got a country that is optimistic in spite of all this. George H. W. Bush
country great left legacy looking number people start surprised
When people start looking back on his career, they are going to be surprised by the number of things he did first. He left a great legacy in country music. Roy Clark
country leave older
When my grandchildren are older and my great-grandchildren start growing up, first of all, I want them to be in Israel. I don't want them to leave the country because they have no choice. Dan Shechtman
country military people standing states united
We would not have the country that we have without people in the United States Military like those who are standing before us. Tim Pawlenty
country fair human life system
We would like to see a safe, a fair and human enforcement system that makes everybody's life easier, more realistic, but makes our country safer.
country travel life-is
Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them. Joseph Joubert
country age demand
The spirit of the age is: Ask not what your country can do for you, demand it. Mark Steyn
country usa ideas
It distresses me deeply that ideas are not to be circulated freely in the USA if certain persons have their way. One of the things that was great about this country was that I could say anything and that everyone else could say anything and we would compare all possible ideas and arrive at opinions. Kurt Vonnegut
country war artist
I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist worth a damn in this country was terribly opposed to that war, finally, when it became evident what a fiasco and meaningless butchery it was.
country war book
I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.