701 Quotes About Europe

There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.

The European reaction to Obama is a European delusion.

We hope to see a Europe where men of every country will think of being a European as of belonging to their native land, and...wherever they go in this wide domain...will truly feel, ‘Here I am at home.

The socioeconomic impact of such a minor outburst is due to our technological development (air travel)—a century ago, such an eruption would have passed unnoticed. Technological development makes us more independent from nature. At the same time, at a different level, it makes us more dependent on nature’s whims.

In Europe one gets used to doing nothing. You sit on your ass and whine all day. You get contaminated. You rot.

Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air;And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair;And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome;But when it comes to living there is no place like home.

Do you know how fast you are walking? ... To get a close estimate, count the number of steps you take in a minute and divide by 30... :)

A causa disto é o sermos nós uma nação pequena e pouco à moda, acanhada e bisonha nesta grande e luzidia sociedade europeia, onde por obséquio somos admitidos, dando-nos já por muito lisonjeados, quando os estrangeiros se deixam, benevolamente, admirar por nós.

Too rich to be relevant to the world's poor, [Europe] attracts immigration but cannot encourage imitation. Too passive regarding international security. Too self-satisfied, it acts as if its central political goal is to become the worlds most comfortable retirement home. Too set in its ways, it fears multicultural diversity