Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Nesbitt

Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.

James Monroe

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

James Madison

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.

John F. Kerry

There should be a Transatlantic renaissance between the US and Europe based on shared prosperity, security, and values.

John Monks

Workers are on the streets today with a clear message to Europe's leaders. There is a great danger that workers are going to pay the price for the reckless speculation that took place in financial markets.

John Monks

The best performers in Europe are those who use their welfare states to help people adjust to change.

Frank Bruno

I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use me to create income.

Frank B. Kellogg

I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world.

Edward Bellamy

An American credit card...is just as good in Europe as American gold used to be.

The markets have pushed the euro somewhat too low relative to fundamentals.

J. Taylor

The market perception is that there is very little inflation so you see the euro make a run-up. If there is very little inflation, they are looking at the Fed.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Now there is any amount of this nonsense cropping up among American cranks. Anybody may propose to establish coercive Eugenics; or enforce psychoanalysis that is, enforce confession without absolution.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Jose Manuel Barroso

At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right, and it is a very serious matter.

Joschka Fischer

We already have a federation. The 11, soon to be 12, member States adopting the euro have already given up part of their sovereignty, monetary sovereignty, and formed a monetary union, and that is the first step towards a federation.

Kenneth Clarke

A balanced tone on Europe will free us to address in depth the domestic economic and social agenda which we neglected throughout the last Parliament.

Kenneth Clarke

I look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe

Jonathan Sacks

God is back and Europe as a whole still doesn't get it. It is our biggest single collective cultural and intellectual blind spot.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier.

Lloyd Cutler

Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan.

Ludwig Erhard

Without Britain, Europe would remain only a torso.

Ludivine Sagnier

I would love to meet some directors, and why not do some other movies in America? But, I'm not obsessed with this idea. I'm feeling very free in Europe.

Lucas Papademos

I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

We are posing two very clear questions. The first is: Did the Holocaust actually take place? You answer this question in the affirmative. So, the second question is: Whose fault was it? The answer to that has to be found in Europe and not in Palestine. It is perfectly clear: If the Holocaust took place in Europe, one also has to find the answer to it in Europe.

Mahatma Gandhi

I am not conscious of a single experience throughout my three months' stay in England and Europe that made me feel that after all East is East and West is West. On the contrary, I have been convinced more than ever that human nature is much the same, no matter under what clime it flourishes, and that if you approached people with trust and affection you would have ten-fold trust and thousand-fold affection returned to you.

Frida Kahlo

It was worthwhile to come here only to see why Europe is rottening, why all this people - good for nothing - are the cause of all the Hitlers and Mussolinis.

Francois Hollande

No one imposes things on anyone in Europe. That's not my notion, nor is it my temperament. The EU has always functioned under the banner of respect, equilibrium and trust.

Francois Hollande

My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.

Francois Hollande

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

Francois Hollande

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

Francois Hollande

Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members.

Francois Hollande

The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.