Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bashar al-Assad

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.

Hu Jintao

We hope to see European Union plays a more important role on issues pertaining to Europe and the world as a whole,

We hope after Turkey to go to other countries. Maybe it is the first step to Europe and the West.

Jean Monnet

Europe’s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as having an economic purpose, but which will eventually and irreversibly lead to federation.

Many of the Europeans who want Israel to go away don't even know why they do. Nearly a third of those interviewed concede they have no idea what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about. It's enough to know that Israelis are Jews.

Eddie Rickenbacker

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

Eliot Spitzer

The world has conducted a massive macro-economic experiment since the cataclysm of 2008. In Europe, the fans of austerity have had their chance, and the results have been a disaster.

Edward Heath

Pitt the Younger was a great British Prime Minister. He saved Europe from Napoleon, he was the pilot who weathered the storm. I don't know whether he'd have done it any better or quicker had he been married.

Dominique de Villepin

China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.

Last year was a year of unprecedented volatility. The euphoria is gone and we're back to reality.

James Peterson

So far the protectionists have won in the European Union,

David Walton

Boston has a lot of European qualities to it, and one of them is the charm of its above-ground trollies.

Fernando Torres

After winning the European Championship with Spain, I know exactly how it feels to win a major trophy, and I know that, if we can win at Liverpool, it will feel the same or even better than it did with Spain.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.

Adam Cole

Trade with Europe is being hit by the strength of sterling and the weakness of the euro. European exporters are winning market share at U.K. companies' expense.

Ruth Rendell

unusual thing: a European thriller writer whose work holds up as literature.

Wolfgang Schauble

The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.

Wolfgang Schauble

If we were to have a presidential election in Europe it would be an event that would spark a huge interest in people from Lisbon to Helsinki, just like national elections. And it would create a completely different political setting in Europe.

Alexander Hamilton

By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and to be able to incline the balance of European competitions in this part of the world as our interest may dictate.

Adolf Hitler

The demand that defective people be prevented from propagating equally defective offspring is a demand of the clearest reason and if systematically executed represents the most humane act of mankind.

Adolf Hitler

It [the Sudetenland] is the last territorial claim that I have to make in Europe.

Adolf Hitler

I was Europe's last chance.

Anibal Cavaco Silva

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

Ally Carter

If it works, it works,' Kat told him. 'And if it doesn't?' he asked. She looked at him. 'If it doesn't, then I've heard Monaco has the nicest prisons in all of Europe.' 'It does,' both Hamish and Angus said in unison. And with that, it was decided.

Alistair Cooke

It used to be said that you had to know what was happening in America because it gave us a glimpse of our future. Today, the rest of America, and after that Europe, had better heed what happens in California, for it already reveals the type of civilisation that is in store for all of us.

Andrzej Wajda

In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film.

Daddy Yankee

'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

Martti Ahtisaari

We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union.

Daniel Hannan

The statistics might have a Eurosceptic cast, but they are not exactly a fun read. Few of us want to wade through ONS graphs or European Commission tables.

There is just unbelievable interest and the support of the fans throughout Euro 2004 has been very moving.

Ben Miller

We are pleased that the Japanese Patent Office and the European Patent Office have upheld the validity of these important patents. The confirmation of these inventions strengthens our patent portfolio in Japan and Europe and emphasizes the international value of the many licenses granted by Qualcomm.

to be very offensive on finding an end-date. It will not be the EU that is lagging.