Top 1200 Independent Country Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

I trust the political system to be what it is. It's a structure to keep the country running, a boat to get us [citizens] from one side to the other, and it has the country's best interests at heart. Not the people's.

It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My brother and I were born in London...but our descent, our interest and our joy were in the north country'. Quoted in The Tale of Beatrix Potter a Biography by Margaret Lane, First Edition p 32-33

Nepal is a beautiful country with a lot of holy places. I also like the country because it's close to the Himalayas. According to Hindu mythology, that's the abode of Lord Shiva.

Out of any country on the planet, I can't think of a country that has been more focused than Iran from the high levels of government on cyber, and that includes the United States.

I enjoy independent music, even more than Bollywood.

If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It's a country based on theater. It's a lunatic state - completely insane.

John Kerry has promised to take this country back from the wealthy. Who better than the guy worth $700 million to take the country back? See, he knows how the wealthy think. He can spy on them at his country club, at his place in Palm Beach, at his house in the Hamptons. He's like a mole for the working man.

Independent filmmakers already have their heads around people on their couches watching their movies.

We need an independent media to hold people like me to account.

The US is a country [in which] eighty percent of the population thinks the Bible was written by god. About half think every word is literally true. So it's had to appeal to that - and to the nativist population, the people that are frightened, have always been... It's a very frightened country and that's increasing now with the recognition that the white population is going to be a minority pretty soon, "they've taken our country from us."

I'm actually 100% independent. I'm not a Universal artist. I'm signed to myself.

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

I am an independent girl. I always put my work first in my priority.

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's a good country to write from because in many ways Canada is the world.

I think it's important for every woman to have her own money and be independent.

The States are separate and independent sovereigns. Sometimes they need to act like it.

We believe that we can deliver better shareholder value by remaining an independent retailer.

I'm one of the few reading and thinking people who loves Las Vegas for the vulgarity and omnipresence of the dream. The collective dream. There's something enormous about it. Let me say one thing: Las Vegas and cinema have similar roots. The country fair. The magician at the country fair. The vulgarity of the country fair.

In opening and conquering a country great and wild and rich - a country indeed not yet fully known or conquered - we have still to learn more about ourselves and each other.

Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.

I am interested in independent cinema and theatre, and they don't make news.

I think it's difficult for members of Congress to be as independent as they need to be in their voting.

I love Bollywood films, but I have been trained in independent cinema.

We value the independent wrestling scene, and it's our goal to strengthen it.

They are responsible for starting this relationship and wanting to help Africa. The United States is very well suited for this as they are a country that has the capacity, they have better access to technology and they are a successful country.

Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country.

There is certainly a growing body of data that correlates investments in women with a country's general prosperity; a recognition that no country can get ahead if half its people are left behind.

My tenure in the Senate was really as an independent and whichever, regardless of party label.

Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can't ruin this country even with politics.

I think Tahoe is one of the hidden gems in the country, and I've played a lot of golf around the country. You can't beat the smells and the clean air and just the way it makes you feel.

Time has no independent existence apart from the order of events by which we measure it.

We now live in a country with a thousand political prisoners, a country where each week there are new trials, where people are put in jail because they liked something on the Internet.

We're a country of many different cultures, and that's always what has made this country stand out. It almost feels like making diverse movies is the most American thing you can do.

Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.

We're bringing the corporate rate down to 20 percent from 35 percent. That's a massive - this will be the biggest tax cut in history. In the history of our country. And that's great. And we need it. Because right now, our country's about the highest taxed or certainly one of the highest taxed in the world. And we can't have that. So we're going to have a country that's toward the lower end.

The thing I'm most honored about is every single person that went after me, including Jeb Bush, who's down - boom. Every single person that went after me has gone way down. And I'm very honored by that. And that's what the country needs. The country needs a leader that when the country gets hit, we're going to come out on top, not keep going down. Because we're going down. Our country is going down.

The message of Islam asks you to be intellectually, spiritually, socially, and politically independent

I love researching, whether it's old Western documentaries or old Western country singers or John Ford Westerns, which are heavily influenced by family values, which so many of these country songs are related to. I'm having a good time doing that, and writing some treatments and hoping to bring a new style of music video to the country genre, that is starting to become very poppy.

I made it a point not to graduate. I thought that was a positive, independent kind of statement.

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

When you're making an independent film, there is no guarantee that anyone is going to see it, ever.

In the world of independent filmmaking, you're never quite sure what's happening when and where.

For me, consciousness is non-local, not limited to the body, and can exist independent of it.

Here in the enclave, one didn't prosper by demonstrating too much independent thought.

It makes no sense that this country has 11 million workers feeding, building this country, making America what it is, and they don't share the same rights of those who are consuming the fruit of their labor.

There is only one China. Taiwan is not independent. It does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation.

We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.

When I think of our condition, my heart is heavy. I see men of my own race treated as outlaws and driven from country to country, or shot down like animals.

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

Our parents have always encouraged us to be independent and dream big.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

It's kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have a pretty wonderful country, and I thank God that He chose me to live here.

I've never joined any political party and have no plans to do so. I'm fully independent.

I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.

We need to use the benefit of our law enforcement people across this country, combined with our intelligence people across this country. We need to use our technological advantages, because what we've warned of is an international guerrilla movement that threatens this country.

My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.

No matter where you go in the world in any country in Africa or Latin America and other place, you will find that China is very deeply involved in the affairs of that country.

When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.