One of my favourite kinds of movie is the American picaresque, in which the characters make their way across the country, learning about life against the gorgeous backdrops of that vast land.
~ Steven Pinker
It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.
~ Ronald Reagan
I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
~ Daniel Gillies
The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'.
~ Colonel Sanders
As the graying of the country continues its march forward, many retirees are now relocating to dense urban centers for the cultural and social opportunities, access to public transportation, and the ability to shop nearby for food and household needs without depending unduly on others.
~ Chuck Norris
More than any other in Western Europe, Britain remains a country where a traveler has to think twice before indulging in the ordinary food of ordinary people.
~ Joseph Lelyveld
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
~ Thomas Paine
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
Freedom of religion is a fundamental Constitutional principle. It's a founding principle of this country.
~ Paul Ryan
In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.
~ Najib Razak
I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.
~ Jonathan Swift
India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.
~ Annie Besant
The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.
~ Jerry Falwell
The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion.
~ Robert Jackson
To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
~ James A. Baldwin
America - it is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.
~ Thomas Wolfe
There is too much disagreement for disagreement's sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred aspirations as a country, we cannot afford shallow callous divisiveness in our public debate.
~ Cory Booker
There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.
~ Leland Stanford
The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.
~ Thomas Sowell
What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.
~ Bill Maher
The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
~ Florence Kelley
No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African continent and mainly Muslim: an estimated six to seven million of them, or more than 10% of the population.
~ Timothy Garton Ash
The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.
~ Rutherford B. Hayes
We have to face the fact that countries are going to lose jobs to robotics. The only question that needs to be answered is which country will create and own the best robotic technology and have the infrastructure necessary to enable it.
~ Mark Cuban
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Junk stands and antique markets are the perfect place to pick up clues about the history of a country, region or town.
~ Judith Miller
Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land.
~ Tariq Ramadan
Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as of the writing of this column, millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days.
~ Jo Bonner
At many points during our nation's history, there have been times - known in our history textbooks as 'panics' - when adverse conditions affecting the financial and economic sectors of the country have caused individuals to hoard more than they need.
The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.
~ George W. Bush
Well I teach in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. So that's my primary work. I lecture on various campuses and in various communities across the country and other parts of the world.
~ Angela Davis
India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.
~ Anita Desai
I loved filming in Morocco it was amazing. I'd never been anywhere like that. The culture was phenomenal. I was so blown away by the spirit of that country.
~ Tatiana Maslany
Literacy in Tunisia is almost 100%. It's amazing - no country in the region or even in Asia can match Tunisia in education.
~ Mo Ibrahim
Colombians are sick of 'Narcos' stories because Colombia is a country that has changed so much. It's a country that's completely different from the country that we see in 'Narcos.' They reconstructed themselves in 25 years, which is amazing.
~ Wagner Moura
Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.
~ Vladimir Lenin
Executive power in any nation arguably has more in common with executive power in another country than with the citizens it should serve.
~ Nick Harkaway
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.
~ Charles Kuralt
