Jules Verne Quotes

I don't feel like I have to be nationalistic French because I'm afraid of losing whatever. No, no, no, no. And also I don't think we are the best.

The more I am French, the more I feel a part of humanity.

Let every man honor and love the land of his birth and the race from which he springs and keep their memory green. It is a pious and honorable duty .... If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives; and if he is going to be something else, let him drop the word American from his personal description.

I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in in Greek exceptionalism.

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

The pride I feel in representing my people, no matter where I am, is never going to diminish. I could be in Hong Kong, Singapore, Egypt or even Las Vegas, I'll always be representing my people.

I'm gonna be real everywhere I go, but I'm with my people, I'm connected to my roots - I'm in my country! I don't need to live somewhere else.

I have no desire to live anywhere else but New Zealand. I've had the good fortune to travel widely around the world, but New Zealand is home - and I like to be here. I'm proud to be a New Zealander.

I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.

Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.

Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled

And if that child should ever get the chance to travel the world and someone should ask her where is she from, we believe that she should always be able to hold her head high with pride in her voice when she answers, "I am an American." That is the course we seek. That is the change we are calling for.

I'm an Englishman. What more can I say?

Sporting achievements bestow a sense of unification on the cultures and societies in which they take place and create an outpouring of nationalism and pride.

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other harsh adjective you see fit to apply, but an American I was born, an American I have remained all my life.

Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.

I play for India, I play for the 100 million people of my country.

We are Englishmen; that is one good fact.

The homeland affects you directly: it affects your body; it affects the collective mind and the collective heart and the collective spirit.

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

France will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.