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We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt. — Jan Peter Balkenende

The great work of Gibbon is indispensable to the student of history. The literature of Europe offers no substitute for "The — Edward Gibbon

Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence. — Mariano Rajoy

Unhappy Europe! Thou shalt perish by the moral insanity of thy children! — Joseph Conrad

Our biggest threat is not too much Europe, but too little. — Francois Hollande

Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful. — Savitri Devi

You have to make choices even when there is nothing to choose from. — Peter Zilahy

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket. — Vincent D'Onofrio

The sea has testified that Africa and Europe have kissed — Miguel El Portugues

There is no debate whether we need a cultural policy or not. We do need it, but there are different ways of doing it. — Frederic Martel?

If you look at a map of Europe you will observe that Greece is a skeleton-like hand stretching its crooked fingers out into the Mediterranean Sea. — Will Durant

Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens. — Francois Hollande

My official field was Tudor-Stuart England; I also considered myself reasonably competent when it came to Renaissance and Reformation Europe. — Lauren Willig

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. — Jacques Chirac

There will be no job cuts arising out of this merger in Europe - this is in the interest of jobs in Europe. — Lakshmi Mittal

Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse. — Gijs De Vries

It's not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe. — Francois Hollande

Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together. — Angela Merkel

Holland I think is the best school to learn football. I think its a great league for that because it's not the strongest league in Europe. — Rafael Van Der Vaart

Europe existed before Britain joined it. — Francois Hollande

Intrepid then, o'er seas and lands he flew:
Europe he saw, and Europe saw him too. — Alexander Pope

Europe is not managing its capitalism very well, it is not a good advertisement of capitalism — Jack Goldstone

Austerity need not be Europe's fate. — Francois Hollande

The movie wasn't a hit, although it did well in Europe for some reason. — Lee Hazlewood

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. — James A. Baldwin

I lived in Europe until I was 9, really. — Gloria Vanderbilt

China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans. — Dominique De Villepin

I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future. — Victor Ponta

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite. — Ron Silver

I dread the inevitable acceleration of American world domination which will be the result of it all ... Europe will no longer be Europe. — Aldous Huxley

Conversations with my counterparts in Europe have made clear that many of them recognize NATO's limitations and understand the need for reform. — Sergei Lavrov

There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe. — Rachel Ward

A bestseller is a book written by a rich person of Indian roots staying in Europe for more than a decade.. — Himmilicious

We trifle with France and labour with Germany, we sentimentalize over Italy and ecstacise over Spain- but England we love. — Frances Hodgson Burnett

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition. — Helmut Jahn

Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism. — Alanis Morissette

For the whole of Western Europe, I know the business community quite good. — Anatoly Chubais

Among the other enthusiastic dumpers were Russia, China, Japan and nearly all the nations of Europe. — Bill Bryson

We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe. — Phil Collins

Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want reason. — Swami Vivekananda

I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there. — Vaclav Klaus

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over. — Gerhard Schroder

It's good to see that America has a hub for electronic music in Vegas, like Europe has with Ibiza. — Paul Oakenfold

I sailed around Europe and lived with the Karen tribe in Thailand for a month. — Lily Nicksay

I've been lucky to travel through quite a bit of Europe and Australia, but I would love to do Asia and South America and South Africa. — Dianna Agron

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women. — Francesca Annis

It's easy to forget how central the French people are in everything we mean when we say Europe. — John Dos Passos

Holland seems like a quaint toy. — Marian Hooper Adams

Via money Europe could become political in five years — Jean Monnet

. In the 19th century, Europe invaded and colonised Africa. In the 21st century, Africa invades and colonises Europe. — Matthew Reilly

New Orleans makes it possible to go to Europe without ever leaving the United States. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Every summer my father gave us this incredible vacation, in the Philippines, Thailand, Europe - wherever. — Marie-Chantal Claire

An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity. — Mahatma Gandhi

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75. — Irwin Shaw

We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America! — Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe. — Jean Monnet

[On The Netherlands:] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge ... — Mary Mapes Dodge

I'm married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American. — Laurie Graham

I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate. — Kenny Baker

I grew up in a farm in South Africa and I was scouted there and they sent me to Europe. It's kind of been blessed, since then it happened all so fast. — Candice Swanepoel

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat. — Francois Hollande

Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me. — Henry Rollins

If Europe's example is any guide, here are the two secrets of coping with expensive oil: own fuel-efficient cars, and don't drive them too much. — Paul Krugman

We must go back to teach Europeans to love Europe. — Jean-Claude Juncker

I think in Europe, movies are made like a commodity and then sold as art. — Christoph Waltz

The casualty lists went on appearing for a long time after the Armistice - last spasms of Europe's severed arteries. — Richard Aldington

We regard America and Europe as old friends. We keep old friends, but we make new friends in Japan, India, and China. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Oh, lovely Europe, your flowers and your wine, your bread, your music. — Belva Plain

I have sold 120 million records. Half of those could be in Europe. — Slim Whitman

Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. — Mary McCarthy

In the U.S. and Europe, there has been a lot of creative hobby innovation, and that's great. — Erik Hersman

In Europe, anti-Americanism is much more a hobgoblin of the political, cultural, and religious elites. — Jean Francois Revel

Europe is not a bright spot; it's all tangled up in its knickers with all that regulation. — Bobby Miller

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere. — William Dean Howells

If Europe could figure out a way to do the euro, I feel confident we can do this. — Mindy Kaling

Qualifications don't count. All Ike did was invade Europe and look like your uncle. — James Ellroy

Europe will get a stable and prosperous Turkey. — Olli Rehn

Putting one's parents out to pasture in a nursing home has very deep historical roots in Western Europe. — Francis Fukuyama

Asia, in cooperation with Europe, is about to take simultaneous action towards realization of a New World Order. — Shunroku Hata

There is but one power in Europe, and that is Rothschild. — Werner Sombart

It would be nice once during my life to go over [to Europe] and study the original paintings of the Masters. — E. J. Hughes

Every step which the intelligence of Europe has taken has been in spite of the clerical party. — Victor Hugo

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history. — John Bruton

Does this boat go to Europe, France? — Anita Loos

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe. — Angela Carter

If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans. — Otto Von Bismarck

In Europe, nothing is certain except death and welfare, and why let the former get in the way of the latter? — Mark Steyn

My body has never been to Europe. My mind has never left it. — Brian Spellman

We are the reformers. Reform ends if we leave, not just for us but also our friends in Europe who want our voice heard in Europe. — David Cameron

Companies in Europe should stop trying to do the U.S. version of a European idea. — Guy Kawasaki

If any religion had a chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next hundred years, it could be Islam. — George Bernard Shaw

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe. — Peter Mandelson

The day was gray, the color of Europe. — Markus Zusak

America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! — Israel Zangwill

The first transatlantic line that enabled ordinary citizens to call between North America and Europe was laid only in 1956. — Steven Johnson

Europe is my continent, not my country — John Redwood

Russia was a slave in Europe but would be a master in Asia. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Over the last few years, the Islamic world has produced more female presidents and prime ministers than both Europe and North America combined. — Reza Aslan

My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon. — Lech Walesa

A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration. — Voltaire