Famous Quotes & Sayings

Park Chan-wook

The reason why I always wanted to make an American film was because of the Western genre. It is something that I would very much like to make in the future, because it's very uniquely American, and I can't make a Western film in Korean.

Park Chan-wook

I tend not to use the humor which would only apply to Koreans, or which would only affect the Koreans, as much as I can.

Kim Dae Jung

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.

Kim Dae Jung

So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime.

Kim Dae Jung

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

Michael Caine

I had been in that part of the world as a soldier in Korea, so I had been interested in Vietnam.

Richard Boucher

If North Korea wants something or wants to do something, then it's time for them to sit down in the multilateral discussions that we've proposed.

Henry Rollins

I would like to get out to the region in the Caspian sea. I would like to go there. I would like to get to Darfur. I would like to get to Khartoum in Northern Sudan. I would like to get to Zimbabwe. I would like to go back to North Korea, if I could. I would like to go to Yemen. I would like to get to Kashmir. Most of those destinations I will get to.

Henry Rollins

In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They love the guy. He is responsible for the wonder that is North Korea.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

Zach Wamp

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

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.