Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nikita Khrushchev

The thought sometimes -- the unpleasant thought sometimes creeps up on me here as to whether perhaps Khrushchev was not invited here to enable you to sort of rub him in your sauce and to show the might and the strength of the United States so as to make him sort of ... so as to make him shaky at the knees. If that is so, then if I came -- if it took me about 12 hours to get here, I guess it'll just -- it'll take no more than about 10½ hours to fly back.

Nikita Khrushchev

We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.

Michael Badnarik

Most of our problems in the United States can be traced to a blatant disregard for private property.

Michel Hazanavicius

I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.

Michael Lewis

The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism, is rigged,

Melinda Gates

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

Michael Mandelbaum

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.

The vast majority of $100 bills are abroad, not in the United States. So yes, of course there's a use here but nowhere near as much as there's a use for $100 bills abroad.

Leon Panetta

The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces.

Leon Panetta

The United States was attacked on 9/11/12, and we know who attacked us.

Leon Panetta

The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.

Leon Panetta

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

Sofia Vergara

I left Colombia because Univision brought me to the United States.

P. T. Barnum

I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess...

Dario Argento

I'm appreciated more abroad. In America, Japan... and in the United Kingdom.

David Ben-Gurion

We consider that the United Nations' ideal is a Jewish ideal.

Condoleezza Rice

A lot is being done to bring additional protective measures, particularly the critical infrastructure locations around the United States, ... There is a very active ... program of coordination on this particular period of time with both public and private entities and at the federal, state and local levels.

Condoleezza Rice

There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 11 September attacks. There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in the United States. If there had been something, we would have acted on it.

Donald E. Graham

I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.

Clearly, this is the most challenging story we've ever had to manage, at least in the United States.

John Bruton

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.

In the southeastern United States, especially Georgia, termites are very active.

Isabella Bird

Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips.

Irwin Shaw

Curiously, the United States is full of writers who have one big work in their life and that's all.

Henry L. Stimson

I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front.

George McGovern

I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.

Hillary Clinton

There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.

Hillary Clinton

The United States has, unfortunately, been victimized by terrorism going back decades.

Gore Vidal

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.

Harold Rosenberg

In the United States, revolts tends to be directed against specific situations, rarely against the social structure as a whole.

Mary Roach

The terms "idiot" and "lunatic" were acceptable diagnostic terms in England up until 1959. "Imbecile" and "feeble-minded person" were, likewise, listed as official categories in the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act. England has always lagged a bit behind in discarding outdated terms for the disadvantaged. When I was there in 1980, it was still possible to shop for used clothing at the local Spastic Shop. That is, compared to the United States, where it takes, oh, about twenty-five minutes for a diagnostic euphemism to become a conversational faux pas.

Mohammad Khatami

the policies that the United States has chosen unfortunately have brought about the wrong sentiment toward the United States and has only increased, and will only increase, extremism in our region.

Northrop Frye

We are being swallowed up by the popular culture of the United States, but then the Americans are being swallowed up by it too. It's just as much a threat to American culture as it is to ours.