Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martti Ahtisaari

We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union.

Daniel Hannan

The statistics might have a Eurosceptic cast, but they are not exactly a fun read. Few of us want to wade through ONS graphs or European Commission tables.

Wolfgang Schauble

The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.

Wolfgang Schauble

If we were to have a presidential election in Europe it would be an event that would spark a huge interest in people from Lisbon to Helsinki, just like national elections. And it would create a completely different political setting in Europe.

We didn't skate 100 percent but it was good enough to win our fifth European title in a row and we're happy about that.

There is just unbelievable interest and the support of the fans throughout Euro 2004 has been very moving.

Adam Cole

Trade with Europe is being hit by the strength of sterling and the weakness of the euro. European exporters are winning market share at U.K. companies' expense.

Ruth Rendell

unusual thing: a European thriller writer whose work holds up as literature.

St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city.

Vaclav Klaus

I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.

Anibal Cavaco Silva

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

Ally Carter

If it works, it works,' Kat told him. 'And if it doesn't?' he asked. She looked at him. 'If it doesn't, then I've heard Monaco has the nicest prisons in all of Europe.' 'It does,' both Hamish and Angus said in unison. And with that, it was decided.

Alistair Cooke

It used to be said that you had to know what was happening in America because it gave us a glimpse of our future. Today, the rest of America, and after that Europe, had better heed what happens in California, for it already reveals the type of civilisation that is in store for all of us.

Andrzej Wajda

In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film.

A. A. Milne

Tell the innocent visitor from another world that two people were killed at Serajevo, and that the best that Europe could do about it was to kill eleven million more.

Abdoulaye Wade

Europe is not one of the major powers. And Africa even less so of course. But Africa has what Europe lacks: space, human resources, and natural resources while Europe has the technological innovation that Africa lacks. Together we can become a power which can count in the future.

Adam Smith

The retinue of a grandee in China or Indostan accordingly is, by all accounts, much more numerous and splendid than that of the richest subjects of Europe.

Western Europe will be flattish this year. After a consolidation there is typically a period of slowdown when the operators are considering their positions.

Dmitry Rogozin

Western ambassadors have probably become scared and are trying to prove that the problem with ultra-right groups is now facing not only western Europe but Russia as well.

Fernando Torres

After winning the European Championship with Spain, I know exactly how it feels to win a major trophy, and I know that, if we can win at Liverpool, it will feel the same or even better than it did with Spain.

Edward Ruscha

Traveling to Europe and traveling in the U.S.A. was a much different experience. 'On the Road' exemplified everything glamorous that was happening on this side of the planet. The book puts off some kind of sweet melody - part hope for the world, part nostalgic.

Tim Finchem

We've been going through a transition phase for a few years. We have Europe trying to find more playing opportunities for its members, sanctioning tournaments here and there, picking up half of their playing opportunities for members. It raises as many questions as there are answers.

Eric Schmidt

Our international gains were very, very strong this quarter as we expect that, of course, to continue. Europe is doing extremely well for us, much larger offices in the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

Michael Campbell

Over the past 10 years I've learned a lot about myself and my golf game and without question the European tour has made a huge contribution to my improvement and success as a golfer.

Adam Cole

Outside Europe things are looking pretty healthy, with imports falling back a little bit,

Surely it does not look like this euro has any upside momentum whatsoever. There is inherent pressure on this euro.

Some investors have piled up their euro holdings rapidly this week, overreacting to the Fed minutes. This long-euro position won't last.

John Benjamin Hickey

My neighborhood now is all 21-year-old European supermodels. I go to the international newsstand on the corner, and they're all looking for their pictures in 'Italian Vogue.'

Hideo Kojima

My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films.

I think the U.K. would be perfectly successful as a standalone country, part of the European marketplace like Norway and Switzerland but without the expensive E.U. bureaucracy.

Mark Zandi

I think the most likely scenario is that housing euphoria slowly deflates but doesn't burst.