Country Quotes

• I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.

  

  Maria Sharapova
  • Country
  • Kids
  • Support

• There is a growing consensus in the private sector that companies can and should take action to address the problem of gun violence in our country.

  

  Brian Schatz
  • Growing
  • Action
  • Violence

• No country has ever fallen while it was truly honoring the god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

  

  Louie Gohmert
  • God
  • Fallen
  • Abraham

• The people who are in the military work very hard, often for not much money, to make their country better and to protect their country. And I have nothing but respect for that.

  

  Chelsea Manning
  • People
  • Work
  • Money

• We cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran. It would be a game changer. Not only would it threaten Israel, a country that is our stalwart ally, but it would also create an environment in which you could set off an arms race in this Middle East.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Game
  • Environment
  • Tolerate

• In the country of pain we are each alone.

  

  May Sarton
  • Country
  • Alone
  • Pain

• The written word still enjoyed a certain prestige here. It was a sluggish country.

  

  William Gibson
  • Certain
  • Stills
  • Prestige

• One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.

  

  Lyn Nofziger
  • Important
  • Freedom
  • Growing

• I'm cautious about the currency situation, oil pricing and the economies of some countries not performing as we are expecting.

  

  Lakshmi
  • Country
  • Motivational
  • Oil

• Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • Russia
  • Sanctions
  • Unlikely

• These numbers show more fully the impact of the attacks of Sept. 11 on our country, ... We had been anticipating these numbers.

  

  Elaine Chao
  • Country
  • Numbers
  • Attacks

• People say, 'Do you have the same opportunity today as you had years ago?' And I said, 'Absolutely.' You always have an opportunity. There's always an opportunity, especially in this country.

  

  Donald Trump
  • People
  • Today
  • Opportunity

• When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • People
  • Believe
  • Integrity

• It would not be long ere the whole surface of this country would be channelled for those nerves which are to diffuse, with the speed of thought, a knowledge of all that is occurring throughout the land, making, in fact, one neighborhood of the whole country.

  

  Samuel Morse
  • Surface
  • Nerves
  • Diffuse

• We have built a genuine level of enthusiasm and goodwill with people throughout this district. People are really excited about the possibilities this election holds, not just for this district, but because of the message Alabama sent to the rest of the country.

  

  Artur Davis
  • People
  • Country
  • Rest

• Thankfully, we live in country, unlike Russia, where we have First Amendment rights.

  

  Alan Colmes
  • Live
  • Country

• I guess my biggest failure was not getting reelected. The loss taught me not to ever let American hostages be held for 444 days in a foreign country without extracting them. I did the best I could, but I failed.

  

  Jimmy Carter
  • Country
  • American
  • Failure

• By county, there's like 14 different accents in Mississippi alone. And now, present day, a Mississippi accent is different than in 1963. So we had a dialect coach, which is like going to visit France and having to translate all your emotions into French, and French isn't your first language. I had to go through that filter, so it was interesting.

  

  Emma Stone
  • Country
  • Accents
  • Mississippi

• Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal.

  

  David Robinson The Cars
  • People
  • Work
  • Great

• We're definitely a hodgepodge of influences. Mine, most heavily, would be Southern rock - the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and stuff like that. Hillary is more from the country side - her mom is Linda Davis, a country singer. Dave, he's a big fan of the Eagles and like that.

  

  Charles Kelley Lady Antebellum
  • Country
  • Mom
  • Rock

• The armed forces are professional, apolitical, and secular and the most disciplined force the country has today... We would not like to include (the armed forces) in such a type of survey, (but) in the case of other departments and ministries such a study will continue.

  

  Pranab Mukherjee
  • Today
  • Study
  • Professional

• My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she'd seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country - all around the world - who show that type of fortitude.

  

  Dwayne Johnson
  • Time
  • World
  • Long

• I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action.

  

  Graham Nash
  • People
  • Great
  • Action

• We are already engaged in World War III. It is a war against nature, and it is simply no contest. As a result, the threat from the skies is no longer missiles but ozone-layer depletion and global warming. Leaders who assert they will not concede one square meter of national territory to an invader should think of the hundreds of square kilometers of topsoil eroded from their countries each year.

  

  Norman Myers
  • World
  • Thinking
  • War

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