Famous Quotes & Sayings

Henry A. Kissinger

Create the impression of endless willingness to compromise and you almost invite deadlines. That's the challenge we now have in North Korea and have had in North Korea for 10 years. In this sense, diplomacy and foreign policy and other elements of political activity have to be closely linked and have to be understood by the negotiators

John Bruton

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

John Bolton

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

Christopher Hitchens

I wrote a piece from North Korea called Visit to a Small Planet which is a line I stole from a play of Gore Vidal's, because it did seem to me as if I had left this planet completely to go on this visit to the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, and it was as if coming back from another spatial body altogether.

Christopher Hitchens

North Korea is a necrocracy, or a mauselocracy or a thanatocracy in which the one [Kim Il-sung] is diffused into being with the other [Kim Jong Il], and where both of them are said to have had miraculous births attended by miraculous phenomena such as, for example, birds singing in Korean, when they were born.

Christopher Hitchens

I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.

I couldn't find any other reasons but perfect preparation of Korea Skating Union for the achievement.

Jon Stewart

Bush advisers have long been worried that a lagging economy could hamper the president's re-election chances. They hope that the Cabinet shake-up will provide a needed jolt. If that doesn't work, North Korea has to go.

Jonathan Gruber

Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ.

Colin Powell

And anything the North Koreans say to us will be shared with our friends and partners, because this is going to be an open, transparent process.

Tina Fey

North Korea threatened to attack if Sony Pictures released The Interview, forcing us all to pretend that we wanted to see it.

Tina Fey

North Korea referred to The Interview as absolutely intolerable and a wanton act of terror. Even more amazing? Not the worst review the movie got.

Ronald Reagan

The despicable North Korean attack in Rangoon deprived us of trusted advisers and friends. So many of those who died had won admirers in America as they studied with us or guided us with their counsel. I personally recall the wisdom and composure of Foreign Minister Lee, with whom I met in Washington just a few short months ago. To the families and countrymen of all those who were lost, America expresses its deep sorrow.

Susan Rice

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.

Lee Myung-bak

For us, from Korea's perspective, China is the number one investment destination as well as number one trading partner.

Lee Myung-bak

What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people's trust in North Korea has gone down considerably.

Lee Myung-bak

Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea.

Lee Myung-bak

From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.

Raila Odinga

At independence Kenya's economic indicators were equal to those of South Korea, but 45 years down the road, Korea's economy is 40 times that of Kenya. The mediocrity of leadership is across the continent .

Kim Jee-woon

To go into more specifics regarding actors, whether they're from Korea or the U.S., all actors know if they are loved by the director. When they feel that love from the director, they respond by giving a great performance on camera. Also, everyone on set - the crew, the actors - they were aware of the film's message and its broad theme, so these big issues were never discussed on set.

Kim Il-sung

To make revolution in Korea we must know Korean history and geography as well as the customs of the Korean people. Only then is it possible to educate our people in a way that suits them and to inspire in them an ardent love for their native place and their motherland.

Mike Johanns

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

Peter Scott

I suppose I was very disappointed that I was injured during training for Korea. In fact, I had an argument with a grenade and it won, and consequently I was forced to come back to Australia for twelve months.

Tablo

I guess the difference between the Korean hip-hop scene and the American hip-hop scene is that in the American hip-hop scene, you know, they have their Jay-Zs. They can become conglomerates through hip-hop. In Korea, it doesn't happen.

Tablo

The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre.

Richard Perle

In time, all of Korea will be united in liberty.

Rick Yune

Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea.

Richard Linklater

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here.

Stephen Ambrose

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.

Stephen Colbert

North Korea is willing to go to any lengths for the whole world to honor its demands of 'Ooh, please pay attention to us.'

Werner Herzog

I was able to persuade them to let me shoot in areas that were beyond the volcano itself. Beyond the joint scientific program between Cambridge University and North Korean scientists. I was able to film in a kindergarten, subway, other things you would not normally be allowed to do.

Zach Wamp

We can not underestimate the potential harm North Korea's capabilities can cause for the rest of the world.