Country Quotes

I understand everybody in this country doesn't agree with the decisions I've made. And I made some tough decisions. But people know where I stand.

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.

What's happening in Russia of course is you have a country watching out for its national interest.

Jobs are a priority for every country. Doing more to improve regulation and help entrepreneurs is the key to creating jobs - and more growth.

At first I didn't dig country.

When you're in other people's country you don't speak your own language out of respect. You don't need to speak.

Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.

Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.

It's not debt per say that overwhelms an individual corporation or country. Rather it is a continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble.

In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.

The trees encountered on a country stroll Reveal a lot about that country's soul ... A culture is no better than its woods.

It's all one web, sir. The prosperity of the country is one web.

There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride.

So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.

Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first best country ever is at home.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today.

I would not be comfortable appearing in a country where they have permitted the destruction of such beautiful and intelligent animals.

Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries - not just for the manufacturers who sell drugs, but for consumers as well.

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.

I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don't just think, 'Yes, my country is doing well,' but you think about the world at large.

I don't believe there's any problem in this country, no matter how tough it is, that Americans, when they roll up their sleeves, can't completely ignore.

I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.

You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken; you study mineralogy best among miners; and so with everything else.

Countries which receive aid do graduate. Within a generation, Korea went from being a big recipient to being a big aid donor. China used to get quite a bit of aid; now it's aid-neutral.

I am just an old country boy in a big town trying to get along. I have been eating pretty regular and the reason I have been is because I have stayed an old country boy.

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.

I should have been a country-western singer. After all, I'm older than most western countries.

I still love church. My favorite church service is T.D. Jakes at the Potter's House. I don't think there is a better preacher in the country. His ability to interpret scripture is like no other.

Made me feel ashamed of belonging to these overpowering, technical superior countries fighting against what seemed to me quite defenseless people.

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.

But here's what I've learned in this war, in this country, in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.

America is a great country, but you can't live in it for nothing.

I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.

Personally I would like to see that the nuclear age, in terms of power, does come, because there's no long-term future for developing countries without nuclear power.

In this country your guilty until proven wealthy.

Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.

If our country is to survive and prosper, we must summon the courage to condemn and reject the liberal agenda, and we had better do it soon.

Sometimes there are historical moments when a country's course could be turned one way or the other, when fate can be escaped.

Americans are gluttons. We shop with forklifts. We have a holiday where we stuff food into other food. Our strippers wrestle in Jell-O, where other countries have to use mud.

Brazil is one of the biggest Latin American countries, the biggest, no doubt, and, more importantly, it is a country with immense development potential.

Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.

I have some friends, colleagues here at the Karolinska Institute and even in the United States and many other countries too, because we are working together as scientists.

We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all.

See, there is a tendency to look at India as a country.

Air Force interceptors still pursue Unidentified Flying Objects as a matter of national security to this country and to determine technical aspects involved.

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.