National Treasure Quotes

Leave it [The Grand Canyon] as it is. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it …. Keep it for your children, your children’s children, and all who come after you, as one of the sights which every American … should see.

I think our young people are our most precious possession.

In Estonia, our greatest national treasure is our egalitarian educational system.

I call Sally Field 'America's Mother!' She is incredible to watch.

Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It is our national pastime, our national symbol, and our national treasure.

She's a legend. She's really huge in the Czech Republic. Everywhere, actually.

Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.

And even if I were alone, ... I should have the consolation ... to the last moment of my existence ... that no word of mine has tended to the squandering of my country's treasure or the spilling of one single drop of my country's blood.

Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She is really an incredible woman. She is so kind. She doesn't have one mean bone in her body, and she is the funniest woman in the room always. And you'll never hear one complaint from her.

I'd rather they call me a national treasure than a national waste of time. And yes, it does feel good, but I've had to earn it.

I've been voted one of Australia's 50 national treasures. I've even had my face on an Australian stamp - the only non-Australian to do so, apart from the Queen, of course.

On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, İstanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens.

George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.

Robert Morley is a legend in his own lunchtime.

Natural beauty and wonder are priceless heirlooms which God has bestowed upon our nation. How shall we escape the contempt of the coming generation if we suffer this irreplaceable heritage to be wasted?

You re being handed a national treasure. Your main responsibility is that whenever you may leave it, it still remains a national treasure.

Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure.

Amitabh Bachchan is the greatest actor that we have in the country.

Father of the Country [Pater Patriae]

Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.

If I would use anything from 'The Little Prince,' even some little quote, it's all copyrighted in France. Like Walt Disney in this country, it's a national treasure.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

The United States ended the space shuttle program in 2011, after the ISS was complete. We gave up a national treasure forever.