Showing posts with label Nations Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nations Quotes. Show all posts

The best thing I know between ...

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
~Douglas William Jerrold~

Russia is a riddle wrapped in ...

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. [About Russia]
~Winston Churchill~

Methinks I see in my mind a no...

Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
~John Milton~

I showed my appreciation of my...

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
~George Bernard Shaw~

I do not call the sod under my...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language -- religion -- government -- blood -- identity in these makes men of one country.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge~

How can you govern a country w...

How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty six varieties of cheese?
~Charles De Gaulle~

A Canadian is someone who know...

A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.
~Pierre Burton~