Quotes about country
country broken politics
The only tool we have to fix the problems of this country - the democratic process - is itself broken. Which is why nothing will fundamentally change until we solve the problem of money in politics. Arianna Huffington
country father pursuit-of-happiness
All around the country, individuals are choosing to redefine their lives and the pursuit of happiness in ways much closer to the original notion put forth by our Founding Fathers. Their notion of the "pursuit of happiness" wasn't just about acquiring money and power, but about doing your part to add to the civic happiness of the community.
country men self
Is it not singular how some men continue to obtain the reputation of popular authorship without adding a word to the literature of their country worthy of note?? To puff and to get one's self puffed have become different branches of a new profession. Anthony Trollope
country book doctors
Before the reader is introduced to the modest country medical practitioner who is to be the chief personage of the following tale, it will be well that he should be made acquainted with some particulars as to the locality in which, and the neighbours among whom, our doctor followed his profession.
country science cities
It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The railways, instead of enabling Londoners to live in the country have turned the countryside into a city.
country sleep looks
To feel that your hours are filled to overflowing, that you can barely steal minutes enough for sleep, that the welfare of many is entrusted to you, that the world looks on and approves, that some good is always being done to others -- above all things some good to your country; -- that is happiness.
country party long
It is the necessary nature of a political party in this country to avoid, as long as it can be avoided, the consideration of any question which involves a great change.
country dog morning
Would it not be better to go home and live at the family park all the year round, and hunt, and attend Quarter Sessions, and be able to declare morning and evening with a clear conscience that the country was going to the dogs? Such was the mental working of many a Conservative who supported Mr. Daubeny on this occasion.
country hands gentleman
Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
country gun cities
My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain. Diane Abbott
country eye animal
Though most of us don't hunt, our eyes are still the great monopolists of our senses. To taste or touch your enemy or your food, you have to be unnervingly close to it. To smell or hear it, you can risk being further off. But vision can rush through the fields and up the mountains, travel across time, country, and parsecs of outer space, and collect bushel baskets of information as it goes. Animals that hear high frequencies better than we do Diane Ackerman
country brain littles
Shaped a little like a loaf of French country bread, our brain is a crowded chemistry lab, bustling with nonstop neural conversations.
country flower winter
In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and mandavilla.
country laughing people
American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is. Desi Arnaz
country men law
Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his people's advantage, while intent on his personal convenience, a dedicated voluptuary, a hater of learning, freedom and truth, without a thought for the interests of his country, and measuring everything in terms of his own profit and desires. Desiderius Erasmus
country responsibility thinking
I think it's very interesting how an American network chooses to tell this story. We don't name one country the good guy and the other country the bad guy. We talk about this co-responsibility that we share, in everything. Demian Bichir
country responsibility drug
So, whenever you hear or see violence, there is violence on both sides of the border, or it's both country's responsibility. When we talk about trafficking with weapons, with human beings or with drugs, we talk about it on both sides of the border.
country thinking differences
When we talk about corruption, there's corruption on both sides of the border. That's what I think is interesting. I'm from Mexico, so when I see a Mexican portrayed in the American market on TV or films, you better do it right because you won't fool me. I'm sure no one really cares on this side of the border, if they get it right or not, but all the way from Mexico, to another 120 countries where the show goes, they will be able to tell the difference.
country law roots
The immigration issue is about the separation of families, and that is not human, in any country in the world, but especially in the United States. We should not root for a law that separates families.
country football microscope silence step team time wait
We're going to be under the microscope every time we step on the field, and the way we silence it is if we go out there and win. I can't wait to get out there and show the country what kind of football team we are.
country easy forget longer takes
We're just out in the country, and it takes longer to get to us, ... But then, it's also easy to forget about us out here.
country america people
We are the "can do" country. We adjust to situations better than any people in the history of the world... We adjust to change. Dan Rather
country 4th-of-july causes
I thank you all and here dismiss you all, and to the love and favor of my country commit myself, my person, and the cause. William Shakespeare
country 4th-of-july
Who is here so vile that will not love his country?
country 4th-of-july noble
In right and service to their noble country.
country 4th-of-july tyrants
I am a foe to tyrants, and my country's friend.
country action eleven
I had rather eleven died nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.
country people
Rich people in one country don't act the same as rich people in another country. Kenneth Langone
country freedom guide principles stood throughout toward year
Throughout my first year in office, I have stood up for principles that will guide our country back toward the path of freedom and prosperity. Jason Chaffetz
country economy market proper trying worried
Yes, I'm worried ... they're a country that's trying to become a market economy and we need them to take a proper response, Shoichi Nakagawa
country facilities miami oklahoma recruit schools stadium
With the stadium and the facilities we have now, we can recruit all over the country. There are schools like Miami and Oklahoma who are always going to recruit better than we are just because they are Miami and Oklahoma. But with our stadium and facilities, we should be able to recruit anybody.
country felt game needed team
With the No.3 team in the country and the No.10 team in the country, we felt like it was an important game that needed to be played.
country great pride
We know we're representing our country and there's great pride here. We're doing our best. Ryan Smyth