Quotes About Nationality

If they had offered me James Bond, I probably couldn't have gone to England anymore in my life. James Bond with an accent? That would have been something.

The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.

When I was growing up, I felt like I had to qualify it and say I'm British-Pakistani. But now I kind of feel like, in this day in age, this is what British looks like. It looks like me; it looks like Idris Elba, and hopefully through Nasir Khan, people will see that that's what an American can look like as well.

We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities. But we're not the funniest.

I'm Mexican and Kenyan at the same time. I've seen the quarrels over my nationality, but I'm Kenyan and Mexican at the same time. So again, I am Mexican-Kenyan, and I am fascinated by carne asada tacos.

I'm a real Swede! In fact, I'm a quarter Finnish.

Well, I've never dropped the word 'eh.' That's still at the end of my sentence, replacing the question mark.

My mom and dad are from Mexicali, and I feel more Mexican than others who were born in Mexico because I fought for my race and for Mexico.

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth.

Football brings people together, from all races, nationalities; so yeah, I think the NFL does a good job of that - a great job of that - and I'm sure they'll continue to do that.

But as a German - and I am German-born - we Germans are condemned once again to be radical revisionists.

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian.

Both my parents are Italian. My mom was born and raised in Italy. My dad was born in Canada, but then they moved to Italy.

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

I'm a Brazilian - full blood, parents born and raised, and I lived there for a little bit - but I didn't grow up there.

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

If you ask me what am I, I might say 'I am a Californian,' and if George Bush were here, he would say 'I am a Texan.'

I am almost German now.

I don't think I have enough German blood in me to get into the royal family.

How can German music not be represented by an article?

I am happy to be a German. I'm proud, or I wouldn't be here in the team.

Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.

My son Saif was born here, he may even one day play for Germany.

I was born in Germany, grew up in Germany, and when I was becoming a professional footballer, I felt like a German.