Country Quotes

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk.

But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?

But I am not allowed to speak to foreigners and I am not allowed to leave the country. So I'm not so happy.

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.

When I first came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English.

I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so many cultures, and the place names - the Spanish names and the Indian names, which are so incredibly musical.

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.

On any measure, Spain's bank rescue has been a disaster. A hundred million euros have been added to the national debt, ten-year bonds are at a record high and the country's credit rating has been downgraded three notches.

In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.

Spain is not a racist country.

That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level.

I'm a child of the sixties, I'm a man of the sixties. During that period of time this country was coming apart at the seams. We were in Southeast Asia. Good men were dying for America and for the Constitution.

By encouraging conservation, increasing investments in clean, renewable sources of energy, and promoting increased domestic production of oil and gas, we can build a more secure future for our country.

Rather than hearing from the city council president, you'd hear from sources all across the country.

There's no way we could play a country song as well as a country band or a Latin song as well as a Latin band. We could never expect to do that. We just keep doing what we do, what we know how to do. We sound like ourselves.

Granted, we need to have a sound immigration policy that allows people into our country who are going to produce more than they are going to consume, but the bottom line is illegal aliens consume far more of our tax resources than they generate.

As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.

I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's beautiful.

I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it.

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music.

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully. It's sorta internal censorship. We censor each other.

Israel's a small country but both the audience and programme-makers are very sophisticated.

What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain's repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country.

Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party, they would compel the majority to organise as a political party, and the result must be disastrous to themselves.

Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country.

Thanks to the heroic sons and daughters of this country, who have paid sacrifices, we have been able to score a number of victories which are encouraging the nation-building process we are engaged in.

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.