Quotes About Country

You know, I don't sit here and watch, uh, I don't watch CMT videos and listen to country radio all the time.

My dad was in Vietnam and a law officer for 30 years. I wanted to be a cop before basketball. I do have pride for my country.

There's a lot of history here. In terms of Asians in this country, you have a big influx after the Cultural Revolution, a big influx after the Korean War, a big influx after the Vietnam War.

We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.

I don't give any merit to criticism. 'Country Girls (Shake it for Me),' I can see where people view that as sexist, but I just view that as having fun.

That is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone 'mainstream.'

There are three things that everyone expects of an aristocrat," the valet replied, tugging firmly at the pig's collar. "A country house, and a weak chin, and eccentricity.

I'll find a cottage in the country, where she and I will live off the income from my jointure." Turning from the fireplace, Devon gave her a narrow-eyed glance. "How do I fit into your future plans?" A hostile silence followed. "I really don't think I should be here," West said to the ceiling.

Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.

We hear every damn day about how fragile our country is, on the brink of catastrophe, torn by polarizing hate, and how it's a shame that we can't work together to get things done, but the truth is we do," he

I believe this country has already been painted by the hand of God. We can cover it over with our own creations, but it will merely mar what is already perfect

Chasing CEU out of Hungary marked the start of a new era for Orbán, said Liviu Matei, CEU's provost. "A line has been crossed. People are being forced out of the country. This is not restriction any more, this is repression. In Hungary, the reign of repression has been started."

Once more it was transported by horse-drawn carts across country to Ham, and then by barge down the Thames to its present site.

He felt that his soul had remained among the pirates – he was young and from the country and still ignorant of Love's piracies.

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

Oh, bella, admirada España, romántico país ¿Dónde está aquella bandera que Pelayo enarboló?

Tribes of the wandering foot and weary breast, How shall ye flee away and be at rest! The wild-dove hath her nest, the fox his cave, Mankind their country — Israel but the grave!

It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers of the law are carrying: in England it is little batons, in France swords, in many countries revolvers, and in Russia the police used to have artillery.

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

I have interviewed witnesses who were active in an international child kidnapping ring, who advised me that, of the thousands of children who disappear every year, many are auctioned off, at various locations throughout the country.

With a sense of humor like that, you could make a living as a garbage man anywhere in the country.

My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under "Wizards." Believe it or not, I'm the only one there.