25 Flags Quotes for You to Enjoy

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people. George Galloway

Patriotism People Those Wrap Fooling Trumpet Blow Flags Themselves Means Who

History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband - is designed to disrupt our everyday complacency and force people to think. Hugh Evans

History People Simple Whatever Action Think Complacency Everyday Our Strikes Montgomery Scale Wearing Rely Songs Force Protest Boycott Flags Movements Bus Shows Designed Disrupt Symbolic Symbols

Before the Berlin Wall came down, we played behind the Iron Curtain and sang, 'Born in the U.S.A.,' and I thought, 'We're all going to die. The man is going to get us all killed.' But then you saw all these kids with the American flag and German flags together and singing the song, and it was, wow, like 'We Shall Overcome.' Clarence Clemons

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Just as the England football manager starts with bells and flags and balloons and ends up reviled, so do prime ministers. Tony Blair - is there anyone more despised now? Gordon Brown - all right, nobody voted for him but, you know... just think of any of them. Margaret Thatcher. John Major. Steve McLaren. Fabio Capello. Terry Wogan

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Israel's capital will never again be a divided city, a city with a wall at its center, a city in which two flags fly. This city, will, in its entirety, absorb immigrants, welcome pilgrims and be the eternal capital of Israel forever. Yitzhak Shamir

I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11. Adam Michnik

Work War Myself Day Own Consider Though My Own Countries Sure Iraq Links Did Mourning Flags Against Lower Even Started

Cinema is universal, beyond flags and borders and passports. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Cinema Borders Beyond Flags Universal

For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812, but there are four distinct versions of it - the American, the British, the Canadian, and the Native American. Amanda Foreman

War Me People Think Distinct Out Only Pointed Like Got Mixed Been Versions Up Canadian American Flags May Native Native American Should Who Wars Four British

I definitely see myself as an international musician. When I play, I respect the source of the music, whether it's Cuban, Brazilian or Israeli. I try to bring that to all of the music I play. Music has no borders and no flags. Anat Cohen

Music Myself Respect Try Definitely Musician Borders See Cuban Israeli Source Flags Brazilian Whether International Play Play Music Bring

When you're out here grinding away, firing at some flags, firing at the middle of the green, you just got to be very patient, and I always do a pretty good job of that in the majors. Brooks Koepka

I'm from Anderson, S.C., but I grew up in the South. So I know what it is to ride to school and have Confederate flags flying from trucks in front of me and behind me, to see a parking lot full of people with Confederate flags and know what that means. I've been stopped by police for no reason. Chadwick Boseman

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I think love is blind. I hate to use that cliched statement, but people, when they love somebody, they seem to be able to somehow to put aside red flags. Eric Close

Love Love Is Hate People Somebody Think Statement Able Seem Somehow Put Red Blind Cliched Flags Aside Use

I really do see the good in people, and I don't want to change that. That's really how I view things, so sometimes I'll look past a lot of huge red flags because I see something else in someone. Then, of course, it always comes back to haunt me in the long run. Jennifer Morrison

Good Me Change People Sometimes Long Past Else Back Run See Haunt Someone Something Something Else Long Run Red Look Course Because Always How Lot Huge Flags Want Then Really View Things

Then finally I said, 'Okay, well, I want to know all the details. I want creative input. I want to be consulted. I want to know what they're doing and who's involved. And I want to see the space.' So they took me to see it, and then I realized it was major! All these red flags on the Rue de Rivoli with my name on them right by the Louvre! Kate Moss

Me Creative Space Took Finally Input Okay Details See Red Major Name Know Involved Well Said Doing Louvre Flags Want Them Realized Then Creative Input Right

My two best friends, they love amusement parks. They are such roller-coaster daredevils, and they drag me on every single roller coaster they can find. Some of my favorite experiences have been when they've taken me to Disneyland or Six Flags or Universal. Katherine McNamara

Love Best Me Single Roller Coaster Every Favorite Find Some Parks Taken Been Friends Roller Flags Six Experiences Disneyland Coaster Universal Drag Two Amusement

This nation was founded by rebels and revolutionaries, and its flags were carried across the battlefields by people who were very, very against the status quo and who questioned and criticized. Lupe Fiasco

People Nation Carried Status Status Quo Criticized Were Questioned Very Revolutionaries Flags Quo Against Across Who Rebels Founded

What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their companies and embassy headquarters will continue to exist with the American flags hoisted on them? Will you be silent? Will you overlook this? Muqtada al Sadr

'Sticky' is about reaching a point in a relationship where you both realize you guys shouldn't be dating, but you're doing it anyway just because you like to have that sense of just being able to be honest with the person and comfortable with the person. You kind of ignore all of the signs and red flags because you really want to like the person. Ravyn Lenae

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Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief. Richard Widmark

Work Car Big Side Would Would-Be Admiral Hail Come Ford His Accordion Chief Flags Used Each Assistant Playing Two

If you have children, you cannot feed them forever with flags for breakfast and cartridges for lunch. You need something more substantial. Unless you educate your children and spend less money on conflicts, unless you develop your science, technology and industry, you don't have a future. Shimon Peres

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When I bought my first house I had all these red flags on my credit report because I bounced a bunch of checks to places like Pizza Hut and stuff like that for $13 or $15 because I was trying to feed my O-linemen. Ryan Leaf

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