Country Quotes

I should get a weekend show where all I do is play country music.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you go back, you're not anywhere. You never belong to anything.

Go to a place and just send out emails. That's my entire life. I go to countries and I ask, "Who would I know who lives here?" Not even do I know, but who exists and is on the planet.

We need a regime change in this country.... If we launch a pre-emptive strike on Iraq we lose all moral authority.

Sometimes arrogance makes us overreach. George Bush Jr. often tries to suggest the leaders of other countries, and it is just not good diplomacy.

One out of four people internationally believe if their country goes to war, The United States would be the opponent. As a veteran, I hang my head in shame over that.

I view the United States, today, much like East Berlin. And I'm off the grid. I've tried for 20 years to warn the country about the Democrats and Republicans, and nobody's listening.

If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist, too. I'd go to war against the U.S.

You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law.

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

It's important for country fans to know that I'm not just trying to come in and take their money for a CD.

A man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.

We also call for a freeze on the bank accounts of those countries, including our allies, with due warning.

I think public health is kind of in a very sad state of affairs here in this country.

Even the poor can be fat in the U.S. That says something about a country. That's how incredible what we have is. But it can also take away incentive.

We have this kind of revolving door, we don't have a permanent class of millionaires in America like a lot of other countries.

American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world.

I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

America is very decentralized in how it supports the humanities, unlike European countries where virtually everything stems from the central government.

In World War II all these countries were completely against each other, complete opposite. Now we're getting them all together, through the idea of music.

I go around the country and do a simple gag like, 'The property ladder is now a snake' and get a real laugh.

Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.

In the United States, you might say every county has got its own separate system. There's not even one kind of ballot that you use all over the United States. We require that in a foreign country.

The President publicly apologized today to all those offended by his brother's remark, There's more Arabs in this country than there is Jews! Those offended include Arabs, Jews, and English teachers.

My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.

In general the 53 countries on the continent of Africa have made great progress towards freedom and democracy, and in terms of electing good, sound administrations.

Vladimir Putin celebrated his 63rd birthday today. He had a nice party, but it got awkward when two of his friends got him the same country.

Fifteen states across the country have gas prices that have dipped below $2. That means it's now cheaper to buy a gallon of liquefied dinosaurs than one cup of coffee at Starbucks.

The fact is Donald Trump is trying to divide Americans along racial and ethnic lines, and it's unhealthy for the country.

I think that different things sell in different countries.

In Poland, for a while, my books all had cartoons on the cover. I trust my publishers in each country to know what works in their individual markets.

I love people that come from another country. I love talking to them.

The spread of nuclear weapons is the greatest threat facing the country-and I would argue facing humanity.

John McCain is a personal friend, a great friend, and I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off, be well off no matter who.

I always kid the president in different circumstances. Mr. President, a country's never going to be more optimistic than the president.

I am not a theologian, nor am I a priest or a minister, but I think building walls is fundamentally contrary to what made this country what it is. We're a pluralistic society in its functions.

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

The best thing I can do is work hard, be ready to train every day, do my best for Torino, do my best when I represent my country and then hopefully the rest will take care of itself.

Intelligence is to provide the facts to us. The facts will usually take you to the truth. And then, when we get the truth, we have got to make the decisions and do what's best for this country.

Let me tell you, we're still the best country on earth and we're going to take care of our people and we're going to protect this country and the people here.

The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back.

I'm proud to have so many great friends at country radio who believe in what I do - thanks to all of them.

I can't sing anything other than country!

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'

I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.

I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.

I'm a traditional country singer and we're always trying to make that a fresh and modern sound. That's always going to be the challenge with me.