Dalia Grybauskaite Quotes
Lithuania is a small country, so our contribution would not be that large. We are not afraid of our responsibility. We receive 25 percent of our national budget from the European Union. We understand the value of solidarity.
Quotes to Explore
-
The music is just so rich and part of the culture there. I suddenly felt like I needed to go on this mission to make sure we save New Orleans because - not that I can save anything - but it's so much part of what this country is, this whole mix of people coming together and doing this thing.
-
Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.
-
But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.
-
It sounds super cliche, but my sister is 12 years younger than me, and I remember when I was there holding her in my arms for the first time. And that kind of responsibility you feel when you hold a child in your arms.
-
All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.
-
Quality is everyone's responsibility.
-
I see it as a responsibility of mine to teach others.
-
But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
-
I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate.
-
I sometimes joke that I can take personal responsibility for saving one million human relationships.
-
If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and stability.
-
I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that.
-
We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn't mean we're traitors to our country.
-
I had to work up the courage to even imagine myself running for Congress. But I eventually decided that our country had a moral problem in only letting white men - even the right-minded ones - have a seat at the table.
-
The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
-
In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.
-
There must not be favoured treatment for those occupying a position of public responsibility.
-
It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also.
-
To those who oppose war, I ask: If not now, when? How many more corpses are necessary before this country should take action?
-
I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
-
Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you left home.
-
It's rare in life to look at all the people around you and realize that they're all invested in what you're doing.
-
A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass of gummy bears on the sofa instead of on book tour with my eighth novel.
-
Lithuania is a small country, so our contribution would not be that large. We are not afraid of our responsibility. We receive 25 percent of our national budget from the European Union. We understand the value of solidarity.
