Quotes of Europe - somelinesforyou

“ There is a country in Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal. ”

- Sigfried Hulzer

“ Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe. ”

- Dan Quayle

“ Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy. ”

- Margaret Thatcher

“ I declare myself an Austrian and a European. A united Europe will be a peaceful Europe. ”

- Heinz Fischer

“ After the Second World War, great Europeans like Schumann, Monet and Spinelli created a vision of a Europe without war and united in co-operation. This dream has come true for us in Western Europe. ”

- Anders Fogh Rasmussen

“ Before the show I was a real paperback-by-the-pool sort of girl. I'd backpacked through Europe and modeled in South Africa, but I would never have ventured out on a puddle-jumper, then a bus ride, then a two-hour boat trip up a river through the jungle to see Belizean ruins… ”

- Brooke Burke

“ In America, I get a lot of younger kids, but there's teens and adults too,... In Europe, for some reason, I see a lot more males in the audience. In Japan, I don't even notice any kids, partially because they're a lot more strict about fan behavior over there. ”

- Avril Lavigne

“ We are pleased that they recognize the dedication and expertise of the screeners, and we agree with their conclusion that significant improvements will depend on improvements in technology, though we will seek incremental gains through training and testing and management practices. ”

- Mark Hatfield

“ You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France, I don't. I think that's old Europe. You look at vast numbers of other countries in Europe. They're not with France and Germany on this. They're with the United States. ”

- Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

“ The worst thing about Europe is that you can't go out in the middle of the night and get a Slurpee. ”

- Tellis Frank

“ If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. ”

- Francois Fenelon

“ Every time Europe looks across the Atlantic to see the American eagle, it observes only the rear end of an ostrich. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ Courtly love-poetry may first have been written during long periods of abstinence on the Crusades, but it would not have flourished in the cold of northern Europe without some help from the chimney. ”

- James Burke

“ The best coffee in Europe is Vienna coffee, compared to which all other coffee is fluid poverty. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. ”

- Margaret Thatcher

“ Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today. ”

- President George W. Bush

“ I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from. ”

- Eddie Izzard

“ A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism. ”

- Karl Marx

“ America and its demons, Europe and its ghost. ”

- Unknown

“ America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! ”

- Israel Zangwill

“ American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe. ”

- Harold Rosenberg

“ An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ Does this boat go to Europe, France? ”

- Anita Loos

“ Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. ”

- Jackie Mason

“ Europe and the U.K. are yesterday's world. Tomorrow is in the United States. ”

- R. W. ‘Tiny’ Rowland

“ Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news. ”

- James Reston

“ Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer vacations in Europe. ”

- Gail Parent

“ For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen… than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe. ”

- Harriet Martineau

“ Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice. ”

- Paul West
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