Famous Quotes & Sayings

We don't feel that there's any discrimination in terms of treatment that is being given to Europe with respect to other partners.

Jean Baudrillard

The confrontation between America and Europe reveals not so much a rapprochement as a distortion, an unbridgeable rift. There isn't just a gap between us, but a whole chasm of modernity.

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political.

George Canning

Intimately concerned as we are with the system of Europe, it does not follow that we are therefore called upon to mix ourselves onevery occasion, with a restless and meddling activity, in the concerns of the nations which surround us.

Christopher Dawson

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms

Gerhard Schroder

Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe.

Gerhard Schroder

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

Gijs de Vries

Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse.

Gijs de Vries

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

Harvey Weinstein

I saw 'Tintin' in Europe - it is 'Indiana Jones' on steroids. Unbelievable. What a fantastic movie. Steven Spielberg, you rock the house. And working with those young English guys like Edgar Wright, and also Peter Jackson; what a great combination.

Jacques Delors

The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility.

Jacques Chirac

This will provide an engine, an example that will allow Europe to go faster, further and better.

Jacques Chirac

Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.

Jean Monnet

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.

Chris Tomlinson

I feel I've lost ground. I got to 22, I'd been to the finals of the Olympics, the Commonwealths, Worlds and Europeans and you think, 'This is it, 23, time to do it.' I'm now 24 and time moves on.

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.

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.

Yanis Varoufakis

The euro is a hybrid of a fixed exchange-rate regime, like the 1980s ERM or the 1930s gold standard, and a state currency.

Japanese is a very strange foreign language for European people.

Giles Foden

To realise belatedly that there are Swahili epic poems which rival their European equivalents for sweep and power has been exciting.

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.

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

Angela Carter

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

We have already taken all steps necessary. Once it has touched European soil, then we have raised all the measures we should take,

Peter Kenyon

We have the Vodafone contract, we are back in Europe and we will make sure the mix is proper with success on the pitch.

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.

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.

We have a large selection of European and handmade papers.

We've long held to the theory that the valuation gap between the U.S. and Europe would pay off for investors. But the very good times are over.

We have been very grateful of the support from Spain and the European Union but we also feel we have to do our homework ourselves and not only trust our friends but also trust ourselves.

Carlo Ancelotti

We have to look to play well and get forward. Looking back at the previous home games in Europe this season we have always scored a lot of goals. It's a game where we can't make calculations but our fans will be a help in a match like this.