Quotes of: Countries Keyword

As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the countries of origin. It's just a sign of our culture.

Pema Chodron

I think the War on Terror is really absurd, especially coming from a country that is founded on terrorism.

Alice Walker

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.

Chief Joseph

Our pre-9/11 gun laws allow our enemies in the War on Terror to arm themselves right here in our own country.

Carolyn McCarthy

As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.

Pat Buchanan

Sacrifice is going to war for your country. Sacrifice is a brave young man being blown up by a landmine in Afghanistan.

Sebastian Coe

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

Toni Morrison

The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.

Ted Turner

I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.

Uzo Aduba

May a man live well-enough and long-enough, to leave many joyful widows behind him.

Cities & Countries

We must cooperate to turn this country around; otherwise there will be no more future to speak of for our children.

Called To Excel

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

Flaubert's Parrot

Boys play with death as though it were a game, cutting their teeth on daggers.

The Gate to Women's Country

Congratulations, Mousey, you’ve managed to insult every marsupial in the country in just under three kilometers.

Alice in Wonderland

This country was filled with violent children orphaned by war.

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West

I think my parents had in mind that I would settle down at quite a young age, but I decided that being a housewife in a big country house wasn't for me.

Alison Jackson

A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a country or an age.

George Edward Woodberry

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

Kurt Vonnegut

To be honest, Brazilian people are fun people, and the country is amazing. It's full of beautiful people. I love the beaches.

Helio Castroneves

I've traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. It's amazing if 2 percent of any congregation knows the Ten Commandments.

Randall Terry

I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

Joe Lieberman