Europeans Quotes

You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks. - Fernando Flores

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite. - Donna Shalala

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping. - Timothy Garton Ash

Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN. - Ben Stein

With their population base and the methods they use to funnel athletes into programs, they are very close to where the Cubans, East Germans and Eastern Europeans used to be. - Jim Scherr

With our fuel costs rising fast, New Zealanders are now starting to think along the same lines as Europeans and are becoming more receptive to smaller, economical passenger cars and vehicles powered by thrifty diesel engines. It makes a lot of sense when you can save 40 per cent on your running costs compared to a larger petrol vehicle. - John Keenan

Why, for instance, only 2 per cent of Europeans contract the disease as opposed to 13 per cent of African Americans, 17 per cent of U.S. Latinos and up to 50 per cent of Native Americans. - Jared Diamond

Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies. - Asia Argento

While Europeans remain cautious overall, many consumers seem to think economic confidence has either hit a plateau or increased slightly. - Frank Martell

When we supported Solidarity, we were criticized by the Europeans for being naive. Yet in 1989, when the Berlin Wall was about to collapse, there were very few American officials who believed that history was about to turn. - Daniel Fried