“So we have a tremendous amount of water where the two greatest rivers in North America meet. And then all of the tributaries from the various areas come in there also. It's also highly populated. So we're working a number of water rescues. We're working extremely hard to keep people safe and make sure that we're keeping the rule of law and keep people warm. It's been pretty cold.” PeopleTwoHardAmericaLawWaterNumbersColdAmountSafeAreasRiversVariousWarmRescueRule Of LawNorth America Author:Jay Nixon
“Well what are our geopolitical objectives? First, that North America be peaceful, prosperous, dominated by the United States. Second, that no nation be able to approach the United States militarily ... Those are the goals. It's very simple. We achieve that by making certain that all conflict takes place in the Eastern Hemisphere so we don't have conflict here.” FirstsWellsStatesAbleAmericaCertainNationsGoalSimpleUnitedUnited StatesAchieveConflictApproachObjectivesPeacefulEasternProsperousNorth AmericaHemisphereGeopolitical Author:George Friedman
“I wonder if this reason is partly geographical, that talk radio is so much more successful in North America than in Britain? People who are very remote - I'm thinking of Newfoundland - feel very connected though the radio.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsReasonAmericaWonderSuccessfulRadioConnectedBritainNorth AmericaTalk Radio Author:John Gimlette
“We're seeing a decline in religion in North America but, I hope, a rise in individual spirituality. Whatever that means to people.” PeopleMeanAmericaSpiritualityIndividualSeeingDeclineNorth America Author:Lori Lansens
“Since the beginning, the US presidents (all of European stock, of course), had been promoting slavery, extermination campaigns against the native population of North America, barbaric wars of aggression against Mexico, and other Latin American countries, the Philippines, etc. Has anything changed now? I highly doubt it.” WarCountryAmericaCoursesPresidentDoubtChangedSlaveryPopulationCampaignsNativeEtcLatinMexicoAggressionPromotingLatin AmericaNorth AmericaPhilippinesBarbaricUs PresidentExterminationLatin American Author:Andre Vltchek
“The only reason so many are so pissed off at the US is because they see North America as promoting a 'bad deal' for its own masses, not because it is ruining the rest of the world!” WorldReasonAmericaDealsMassPromotingNorth AmericaPissed Off Author:Andre Vltchek
“I think it's wrong for North America in particular, the West in general to make a comparison between the economic situation in Cuba and the extraordinarily developed industrial complex of North America.” ThinkingAmericaSituationEconomicParticularWestComplexesComparisonCubaNorth America Author:Huey Newton
“We've seen progressive rock all over the world, in South America, Europe, Asia, across the US and North America and Australia. There's huge audiences for this stuff. For me it's always been there and it's just a matter of time before the people have more of the means to spread the word.” PeopleWorldMeanMatterAmericaStuffAudienceRocksHugeEuropeSouthSpreadAustraliaProgressiveAsiaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaMatter Of Time Author:John Petrucci
“We have the greatest resource universities in the world, the only place in the world. We have the most productive workforce in the world. We have the most agile venture capitalists in the world. We have a situation where right now in the United States of America, we are near energy independent. North America is beginning to be the epicenter of energy. What is it that makes people think that this is not going to be the American century? I don't get it.” PeopleThinkingWorldStatesAmericaEnergyUnitedSituationUnited StatesCenturyRight NowResourcesIndependentUniversityProductiveCapitalistUnited States Of AmericaVenturePlaces In The WorldNorth AmericaWorkforceVenture Capitalists Author:Joe Biden
“In fact, the number one reason for obesity in North America is simple: over consumption. And we over consume because we're hungry.” ReasonFactsAmericaSimpleNumbersHungryConsumptionObesityNorth America Author:Brendan Brazier
“These Muslim Brotherhood fronts - the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Islamic Society of North America - we need accountability for what these groups are doing and need to understand that in many ways they are as toxic and dangerous for America as are their violent counterparts, which have exactly the same goal that they do, which is imposing the Shariah doctrine on all of us.” WayNeedsAmericaGoalGroupsDangerousFrontsRelationAffairViolentDoctrineIslamicAccountabilityBrotherhoodToxicCouncilImposingNorth AmericaCounterpartsPublic AffairsMuslim BrotherhoodIslamic Society Author:Frank Gaffney
“In Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs - such as labour legislation, the opening of the professions to women, intolerance for domestic violence, but so much is still morally unacceptable - the weapons trade, cruel and unusual punishment, economic parasitism.” StillsAmericaMoralViolenceEconomicWeaponsEuropeTradeWesternProfessionPunishmentOpeningLabourUnusualRelativeIntoleranceLegislationDomestic ViolenceNorth AmericaWestern EuropeNadirCruel And Unusual Punishment Author:Catherine Wilson
“My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America.” AmericaEnjoyFocusFirearmsNorth America Author:Steve Kanaly
“I think there's a big market in North America [with travelers] going to Lisbon and connecting over Lisbon.” ThinkingBigsAmericaTravelerConnectingNorth America Author:David Neeleman
“We Canadians need to go beyond what any previous government has done in terms of our diplomatic network, our support for companies to export, trade and invest beyond North America, and our contribution to the safety of the international system, through defence, development, international organizations, and so forth.” NeedsDoneGovernmentAmericaTermCompanySupportDevelopmentOrganizationSafetyTradeInternationalContributionDefenceDiplomaticNorth America Author:Chris Alexander
“In the present, the way benevolence is expressed is in conceptualizing the Native as a historical relic; US people have to be constantly reminded that there are still existent Indigenous peoples and communities in North America, but whether left or right, recent immigrant or descendants of settlers, even descendants of enslaved Africans, the Native presence is not a consideration in the day to day life of individuals and municipal, state and national governments.” PeopleWayStillsStatesGovernmentAmericaIndividualLeftCommunityHistoricalNativeConsiderationImmigrantsDay To DayIndigenousBenevolenceDescendantsNorth AmericaRelicsIndigenous PeopleDay LifeDay To Day LifeSettlers Author:Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
“In 1619, when there are reports about the first blacks brought to British North America, they are referred to as N-I-G-G-U-H-S. Well, it doesn't seem that that was meant in a derogatory way. It seems merely descriptive.” WayFirstsWellsSeemsAmericaBritishReportsNorth AmericaDerogatory Author:Randall Kennedy
“Bloomberg TVThe one thing I think is likely to happen under either candidate is massive fiscal stimulus. You have so many voters in Western Europe and North America who've had no real income growth for over 10 years, and they are, in the words of Howard Beale, "Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore."” ThinkingYearsRealHappensAmericaGrowthHellOne ThingEuropeMadWesternIncomeCandidatesMassiveVotersStimulusNorth AmericaWestern Europe Author:Gary Shilling
“I think - particularly in terms of the destiny of Africans in North America - our destiny has also been shaped indelibly by global alliances.” ThinkingAmericaTermDestinyOur DestinyAlliancesNorth America Author:Gerald Horne
“Mexico and the USA are friends, partners and allies and should continue to work together for competivity and development across North America.” ShouldTogetherAmericaDevelopmentPartnersUsaWorking TogetherAlliesMexicoNorth America Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“It has taken us that long to get the deaf, dumb, and blind black men in the wilderness of North America to wake up and understand who they are.” MenLongAmericaBlackTakenWake UpBlindDumbWildernessDeafNorth America Author:Malcolm X
“New Orleans was a thrilling place of all kinds of races, it was a dangerous place. It was really and truly the only international city on the continent of North America. There were all different races and everything was celebrated, and it was a place of difference, and everybody was different and it was so odd, the minute that America took over, the minute that the Louisiana territory became part of the United States of America, instantly you were either black or white. There was no nuance. and so a free man of color who could own property was suddenly not allowed to.” MenKindDifferentStatesAmericaBlackDifferencesWhiteUnitedRaceCitiesUnited StatesMinutesDangerousColorPropertyInternationalAll KindsOddTerritoryContinentsUnited States Of AmericaNew OrleansThrillingFree ManNuanceNorth AmericaLouisianaBlack Or WhiteDangerous PlacesDifferent Races Author:John Guare
“In North America someone who doesn't know anybody, he can go... you can be respected for your own identity. It pushes your personality to become stronger.” KnowsAmericaIdentityPersonalityStrongerNorth America Author:Gaspar Noe
“When [Bill] Clinton came along, it sort of moderated a little bit, but Clinton had a different device for breaking unions called NAFTA [North America Free Trade Agreement]. Because the government was entirely lawless, employers could exploit NAFTA to threaten union organizers with transfer. It's illegal, but when you've got a lawless government, it doesn't matter if it's illegal. I think the number of union drives blocked increased by about 50 percent.” IfsThinkingLittlesDifferentMatterGovernmentAmericaBitsNumbersLittle BitPercentTradeBillsUnionsClintonAgreementIllegalDevicesEmployersExploitsTransfersNorth AmericaFree TradeBlockedOrganizerTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Noam Chomsky
“The decline of education in North America and I suppose in Western Europe makes it harder to have a common body of references.” BodyAmericaCommonEuropeHarderWesternDeclineNorth AmericaWestern Europe Author:Susan Sontag
“Currently intellectuals in Western Europe and North America are extremely demoralized and shaken by the rise of a virulent conservative tendency (which some have even joined).” AmericaEuropeWesternConservativeTendenciesNorth AmericaWestern EuropeDemoralized Author:Susan Sontag
“Maybe I've been a small part of the democratisation of celebrity, because I've been fascinated by it, and when it started to happen to me to the very limited extent that it happens to writers in North America, I was exposed to people who had the disease of celebrity. People who had raging, raging, life-threatening celebrity, people who would be in danger if they were left alone on the street without their minders. It's a great anthropological privilege to be there.” PeopleIfsHappensWould BeAmericaLeftStreetsDangerDiseasePrivilegeRageExposedFascinatedThreateningLeft AloneNorth AmericaSmall Parts Author:William Gibson
“I feel that we have some opportunity in North America to go back and say the American Revolution was the real thing.” FeelsRealAmericaOpportunityRevolutionReal ThingsAmerican RevolutionNorth America Author:Murray Bookchin
“In my case I would emphasize anarcho-communalism, along with the ecological questions, the feminist questions, the anti-nuclear issues that exist, and along with the articulation of popular institutions in the community. I think it's terribly important for anarchists to do that because at this moment not very much is happening anywhere in North America.” ThinkingImportantMomentsAmericaCommunityCasesIssuesHappeningsInstitutionsFeministNuclearAnarchistEcologicalNorth AmericaArticulationCommunalism Author:Murray Bookchin
“For [Malcolm Subban] I know that he's the No. 1 ranked goalie in North America and the world right now, he's got a great opportunity. He's got to enjoy this whole process because it only comes once. Not that many players get the opportunity to walk up on that stage and get that jersey.” KnowsWorldWholeAmericaOpportunityProcessEnjoyWalksPlayerStageRight NowJerseyNorth AmericaGreat OpportunityGoalies Author:P. K. Subban
“America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there, and the smuggling of cash and the money laundering that transnational criminal organizations have instituted in North America, including in the United States.” ShouldStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesViolenceGunFlowOrganizationSouthIncludingCriminalsCashMexicoNorth AmericaSmugglingMoney Laundering Author:Alan Bersin
“We must recognize that this massive economic bloc that's emerging in North America cannot be accomplished unilaterally. It must be accomplished in partnership with Mexico and Canada. And we have to work together to secure the continent in order to keep dangerous people and dangerous things out and strengthen perimeter security on a continental basis.” PeopleTogetherAmericaOrderEconomicSecurityDangerousBasesSecureAccomplishedCanadaWorking TogetherMassiveMexicoPartnershipContinentsEmergingDangerous ThingsNorth AmericaContinentalPerimeter Author:Alan Bersin
“With Islamophobic tendencies in Europe and North America it is quite possible that Islamic leaders could be charged with 'political genocide'. An extremist American pastor in a small Florida church held a trial that convicted the Koran of encouraging the murder of non-Muslims and of being responsible for the 9/11 attacks. It is this sort of outlook that would be encouraged to claim that Islam embodied 'political genocide', a development that would have many negative effects on inter-civilisational relations within and among countries.” CountryWould BeAmericaPoliticalChurchLeaderEffectsDevelopmentEuropeNegativeClaimsRelationMurderResponsibleIslamTrialsTendenciesIslamicGenocideFloridaPastorOutlookExtremistBeing ResponsibleNorth AmericaBe Encouraged Author:Richard A. Falk
“We thought [with Alix MacKenzie], if those are the kinds of pots from every culture that interest us, why would we think that it should be any different in mid-North America 20th century? And we decided then that our work would center around that sort of utilitarian pottery, and that's what I've done ever since.” IfsThinkingShouldKindDifferentDoneAmericaCultureInterestCenturyDecidedPot20th CenturyNorth AmericaPotteryUtilitarian Author:Warren MacKenzie
“Most people don't know how underpaid and often ill-equipped urban fire departments are across North America.” PeopleKnowsAmericaKnow HowFireIllDepartmentUrbanNorth AmericaUnderpaidFire Department Author:Denis Leary
“The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.” HomeAmericaAnimalProtectPlantWideVarietyRangeWildernessSanctuaryEcosystemsNorth AmericaArcticPlants And AnimalsCoastal Author:Dan Lipinski
“It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia.” DifferentAmericaFiguresToughEuropeIndonesiaNorth AmericaLiving Wage Author:John Malkovich
“Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.” ThinkingPersonsAmericaFateCarMassDoomedTransportationNorth America Author:Marshall McLuhan
“Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America.” IdeasAmericaNo IdeaNorth AmericaWild Life Author:Tom G. Palmer
“Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America.” AmericaNaturalPercentFuelGasTransportationCheaperCleanersNorth AmericaGasolineDieselNatural Gas Author:T. Boone Pickens
“I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.” StatesAmericaYoungLiteratureUnitedSituationUnited StatesPublishingNorth AmericaYoung WritersNorth Wind Author:Manuel Puig
“First, by 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil and coal and gas and nuclear and renewables.” FirstsAmericaEnergyAdvantageIndependentOilNuclearGasCoalNorth America Author:Mitt Romney
“We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America.” ThinkingBigsAmericaOpportunityNumbersChinaStoresRivalsNorth America Author:Howard Schultz
“I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.” AmericaManagementHotelStakesNorth America Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal
“For many years, I have sought and studied Agarikon, an unusual mushroom native to the old growth conifer forests of North America and Europe.” YearsAmericaGrowthEuropeForestsNativeUnusualMushroomsNorth America Author:Paul Stamets
“1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.” PeopleYearsChildrenTruthAmericaJoySeaTaughtPrideContinentsCheatImaginativePirateNorth America Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Imagine the earth’s population of six billion people reduced to just one hundred representatives. Statistically, that makes 30 white, 70 non-white. It means 6 people own 59% of the wealth and they all live in North America. 80 are in substandard housing. One has an education. One owns a computer. Don’t blame me if it all sounds crazy.” PeopleIfsMeanEarthAmericaSoundWealthWhiteImagineCrazySixComputerHundredBlamePopulationBillionsJust OneRepresentativesHousingNorth AmericaBlame MeDon't Blame Me Author:Grant Morrison
“Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-intensive heavy industry than in the 1960s and 1970s. It seems we squeeze more GDP out of a barrel of oil than in those benighted days.” SeemsAmericaEnergyIndustryEuropeHeavyOilDependent1960sBarrelsNorth AmericaGdp Author:James Buchan
“You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. "Huh," "hun," and "hi!" in their various modulations, together with "sure," "guess so," "that so?" and "nuts!" will meet almost any contingency.” TogetherAmericaVariousNutsNorth AmericaContingencyGruntLaconic Book:For Your Eyes Only Source: For Your Eyes Only
“Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America.” MenAmericaChoicesEconomyLandDemandEuropeDrivenRisingOpennessAsiaFlexibilityNorth AmericaCompetitivenessFetch Author:David Cameron