best quotations about
Europe |
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Quotations
 | Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 10 likes |
 | Europe is a molehill. It has never had any great empires, like those of the Orient, numbering six hundred million souls. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 4 likes |
 | There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 4 likes |
 | Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 4 likes |
 | A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him? — Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer 4 likes |
 | In Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 4 likes |
 | There is now a European nationality, as in the time of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides was a Greek nationality. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 3 likes |
| In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 3 likes |
 | In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty. — Umberto Eco, 1932-2016, Italian writer 2 likes |
 | When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold. — Prince Metternich, 1773-1859, Austrian statesman 2 likes |
 | A European who goes to New York and Chicago sees the future... when he goes to Asia he sees the past. |
 | Africa's a wreck and it's not because it was hit by an asteroid. It's a wreck largely because it was hit by Europe. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist |
 | Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world. |
 | Nobody before the Pythagoreans had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. 25 centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. |
 | The trouble with European cities is that they are drenched in their history, almost all of which is terrible. |
 | Cheese, along with bread and wine, make up the trinity of the European meal. |
 | Stripped of the Christian tunic and the classical toga, there is nothing left of the European but a pale-skinned barbarian. |
Funny Quotes
 | What will we Europeans do in case of war? We will play directly in the final as the host country. — Altan, 1942-, Italian comics artist & satirist 2 likes |
 | Europe is moving closer to America by one centimeter per century. Yet the price of the crossing remains the same. — François Cavanna, 1923-2014, French humorist 2 likes |
