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Country Quotes


"We are not at the same place we were in 1973. This country today is drifting, moving steadily towards the pro-life position because the data is with us."


"New Zealanders who emigrate to Australia raise the IQ of both countries."



"The aging and decreasing population is a serious problem in many developed countries today. In Japan's case, these demographic changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than any other country has ever experienced."


"When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something."


"I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore?"


"There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views."


"But if I were to sum up who Barack Obama is and how he plans to meet this moment with one word, that word would be 'responsibility.' Responsibility to each other, our families, our communities, our country, and our world."


"I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives."


"It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country."


"Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy."


"There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed."


"We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary."


"You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve."


"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia."


"Singing is not indulged in by Rotary clubs of some countries and all clubs are given full privilege to do as they please about including it in their programs."


"When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are."


"There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing."


"The same things go on everywhere, whether you're from the city, the country or wherever."


"In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense: I believe everybody of that country that has any, leaves it as fast as they can."


"Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first."


"None of what Barack Obama is doing or wants to do to this country is anything the rest of the world hasn't seen before and already failed at."



"The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially."


"The opposition may have the right to doubt every thing, but for myself, I call on opposition to practice its role within limits of objectively, responsibility and country interests."


"I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing."


"Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it."


"A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away."


"A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries."


"This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime."


"We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But we cannot count on the Jews of Morocco alone to build the country, because they have not been educated for this."


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


"I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer."


"I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great."
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