Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Juan Manuel Fangio

When I first came out of Argentina to Europe, the flight took 36 hours. Now it takes 12 hours, and the world is still shrinking.

Julius Streicher

In Soviet-Russia the Jew is forging the tool with which he wants to enslave Europe.

Otto von Bismarck

Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

Otto von Bismarck

I have always found the word 'Europe' on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand in their own names!

Oskar Lafontaine

We are entering a new phase of European politics. What is decisive is not only do we have a single currency area, but also that it is accompanied by a co-ordinated economic and financial policy. We must drive forward tax harmonisation in Europe.

Paul Klee

I want to be as though new-born, knowing nothing, absolutely nothing about Europe.

Paul Krugman

If Europe's example is any guide, here are the two secrets of coping with expensive oil: own fuel-efficient cars, and don't drive them too much.

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.

Francois Hollande

The German-French friendship is indispensable for Europe. And I will never let myself be carried away to making statements that would change it.

Maggie Gallagher

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

Madame de Stael

[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.

John Bruton

We in Ireland have not been immune from the bigotry and the indifference which manifested itself in Europe this century

John Bruton

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.

John Bruton

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

John Bright

This regard for the liberties of Europe, this care at one time for the protestant interest, this excessive love for the balance of power, is neither more nor less than a gigantic system of outdoor relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain.

Luther Allison

Well, I first started going to Europe in the late '70s.

Maximilian Schell

Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That's why maybe they're so poetic. Here it's clear entertainment.

Mark Rutte

This goes back to the main challenge we are facing, because Europe at the moment is not competitive. We have many imbalances and my big worry is that we will slow down in Europe in terms of fiscal consolidations and reforms, whilst we have to step up...

Mathieu Amalric

There is the melancholy of Europe. There is the romantic malaise. Feeling sad is almost a form of deepness.

Kim Cattrall

The British have been more up for it than the Americans were, particularly with respect to nudity in the show. In Europe there are adverts that show the breasts, so people are less frightened of that aspect of the show. Americans can withstand incredible violence on TV shows - which, as I come from England and Canada, I find difficult to stomach - but they are more puritanical when it comes to nudity on screen.

Julia Gillard

I know people are looking at whats happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

Those places are visited by people from all over the world. They are beautiful. They are gorgeous. A lot of Europeans come to Pasco for those facilities.

Gerald R. Ford

There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

Jeremy Rifkin

Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does.

Glenn Danzig

I know they are going to be doing a box set in Europe of Danzig 5 and 6 and some other stuff.

Harry Seidler

After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.

Gordon Brown

Tempting though it is to take protectionist measures, in the long term the only way forward is for Europe to invest rather than protect,

Russia does not want to have her oil and gas exports threatened by some of the transit countries, in particular Poland, ... This will increase the volume of Russian gas exports to Europe and will to some extent increase the security of those exports.

Paul Ryan

Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt 'unpatriotic' - serious talk from what looked to be a serious reformer. Yet by his own decisions, President Obama has added more debt than any other president before him, and more than all the troubled governments of Europe combined. One president, one term, $5 trillion in new debt.

Lita Ford

I didn't tour Europe, because I didn't have any label support

Lisi Harrison

Don't ever tell anyone where you bought something. If you get a complement say, "Thank you. I got it in Europe.

Pascal Lamy

It is not so much the United States that is trying to push the European Union in one direction or another, it is developing nations as a whole that are pushing the United States and Europe to open their markets a little more.