N Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with N. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Nathan Lane's Bus of Broadway Fun will be leaving shortly.”
“Nathan McEuen's light is shining bright. A fine singer, guitarist and an excellent songwriter. There is hope on the horizon.”
“Nathan’s mom came to pick him up and he turned to Sabastian and smiled and said, “sadness came just to tell me I missed my toy, I felt the emotions and then decided it was time for the sadness to leave. Emotions are not that bad; they are also our friends.”
“Nathan’s sobs echoed through the empty home, a haunting testament to a love lost too soon.
— Melissa, Ch. 18”
Source: Melissa
“Nathan Sutter," the teacher read. Here. My mother never calls me Nathan." Is it Nate?" She calls me Honeylips.”
Source: The Candy Shop War
“Nathan whispered close to her face, “Just a kiss my ass.”
Source: Black Creek Burning
“Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?”
Source: The View from Saturday
“Nathanaël, je t'enseignerais la ferveur.
Une existence pathétique, Nathanaël, plutôt que la tranquillité. Je ne souhaite pas d'autre repos que celui du sommeil de la mort. J'ai peur que tout désir, toute énergie que je n'aurais pas satisfaits durant ma vie, pour leur survie ne me tourmentent. J'espère, après avoir exprimé sur cette terre tout ce qui attendait en moi, satisfait, mourir complètement désespèré.”
Source: Les Nourritures terrestres: suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures
“Nathanial can show me how to better control the change, but even so, you never have to worry about me turning into a cat again. Didn't you know, I'm allergic to cats.”
“Nathaniel always says h’s mature for his age, which is one of those things worried parents say about their children when their children baffle them, but I think what he’s mature in is his loneliness. A child can be alone. But he shouldn’t be lonely. And our child is.”
Source: To Paradise
“Nathaniel closes his eyes and jumps, his arms glued to his sides like that fly's. He doesn't try to break his fall, just hits hard, because it hurts less than everything else.”
Source: Perfect Match
“Nathaniel Hawthorne once said that easy reading is damn hard writing.”
“Nathaniel Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea' has rightfully taken its place as a classic for its literary merits. It has a special place in the cannibalism canon as well.”
“Nathaniel Upchurch. Margaret couldn’t believe it. Gone were the pale features, the thin frame, the hesitant posture, the spectacles. Now broad shoulders strained against his cutaway coat. Form-fitting leather breeches outlined muscular legs. The unfashionable dark beard emphasized his sharp cheekbones and long nose. His skin was golden brown. His hair unruly, some escaping its queue. Even his voice sounded different—lower, harsher, yet still familiar.”
Source: The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
“Nation after nation, when at the zenith of its power, has proclaimed itself invincible because its army could shake the earth with its tread and its ships could fill the seas, but these nations are dead, and we must build upon a different foundation if we would avoid their fate.”
Source: Speeches of William Jennings Bryan
“Nation building is our central task, both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And states, nations can't just be built with military power. Despite all difficulties, it's very inspiring to see how the Kurds, the Arab Sunnis and the Shiites are coming together here, how they're jointly defining the basis on which their state is to be built, the political course this state will pursue and who is to receive which cabinet positions.”
“Nation editor Katrina van den Heuvel told me that the failure to adequately cover the Downing Street Memo epitomizes the timidity, the cowardice of a media that has been manipulated, intimidated, bullied by an administration that has taken it to a high level. . lapdog news media.”
“Nation is one. We will not work for Hindus or Muslims, we will work for the people of India.”
“Nation needs soldiers, politics needs civilians.”
“nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state.”
“Nation states are not a solution for democratic governance. This is same for Kurdish people. To see it as a solution is same as trying to drink water while drowning. The real necessity is oxygen not water. The solution is to get out of water and take a deep breath, decrease nation state and increase social democracy. Therefore our requests of a state are no further than a social and deeply rooted democracy.”
“Nation without narrowness is a land universal.”
Source: Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law
“Nation-building is never a 'done deal' confined to history already established.”
“National 21 drinking age, huh, what do you think about that? A bunch of malarkey, whatever malarkey is, man, it's a whole bunch of it.”
“National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.”
“National and regional police forces need special units dedicated to the protection of women and girls, not to mention Jewish communities, LGB[sic] communities, and the dissidents of Islam.”
Source: Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
“National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.”
Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.”
“National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars.”
“National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution.”
“National campaigns are tough. Yes, you have to be prepared to be attacked, and I have to tell you, if you get elected, you have to also be prepared.”
“National capitalism is the ultimate expression of community capitalism. The whole nation is regarded as the community to be served by capitalism. Capitalism is for everyone, not for the 1%. Laissez-faire capitalism, i.e. predatory free-market capitalism, is external to democracy and the elected government. It is run by and for the private elite, the 1%. The 99% are left to rot. National capitalism reverses this. It’s all about serving the 99%. The 99% always come first. Under national capitalism, the interests of the 1% are no priority whatsoever. This is therefore the opposite of the situation that pertains today.”
Source: National Capitalism: How to Save America
“National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.”
Source: Memoirs: The Cabinet and the Presidency, 1920-1933
“National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.”
Source: The Wisdom of Life
“National chauvinism is a very tough nut to crack, since a vast propaganda network is in place to keep the workers whipped up into a patriotic frenzy. Maybe this will change, but I doubt it unless it is addressed.”
“National coach John McKay has told me that it won't be easy but I want to make up for losing the 2003 Four Nations Tournament final here in the Kelvin Hall by beating this guy Santana.”
“National consciousness is truly a miraculous thing. When I am not in Turkey I feel even more Turkish than in Istanbul. But when I'm home my European side becomes more apparent.”
“National Defense A strong USA defense brought down the Soviet Union. It was Ronald Reagan - first in a speech at Notre Dame University in May 1981, then his 'Evil Empire' speech of March 1983 - who most eloquently declared communism's imminent demise. Reagan was right. And even Soviet officials attribute Ronald Reagan's rhetoric and foreign policy to bringing down that 'evil empire.' By Christmas Day, 1990, the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Liberals wished it were other things.”
“National Defense is not a threat to peace; it is the guarantee of peace with freedom.”
“National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman, and that there is an obligation to perform such a duty absolutely irrespective of party politics or factional differences.”
“National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people.”
“National defense is the usual pretext for the policy of fleecing the people.”
“National discord is, like religion, a standardized form of revolt; and the moment a revolt is standardized, it is no longer a revolt.”
“National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.”
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
“National events determine our ideals, as much as our ideals determine national events.”
Source: Jane Addams's Essays and Speeches on Peace
“National festivals should become festivals of development. Republic Day or Independence Day should not be only about unfurling the Tricolour in the state capitals. We have to make them opportunities of Lok Shikshan (Mass Education).”
“National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense.”
“National Geographic contacted me about getting on their label, and I was like, 'Wow, I want to be label mates with the sharks and lemurs!'”
“National governments are under paid, under staffed, and under talented.”
“National Guard soldiers, as you know, give up their jobs, their time with their family, make sacrifices to make sure this country is safe.”