Quotes and Sayings about Lebanon

Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East. All of that was blown apart by senseless religious wars, financed and exploited in part by those who sought power and wealth. If women had been in charge, would they have been more sensible? It's a theory.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Lebanon - and that's practically the same thing.

Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow from primitive tribalism, the instinctive hostility against those of another tribe, race, religion, nationality, class or whatever. You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity.

Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives.

Why do alcoholics begin down the same hazardous road day after day? They are in search of that elusive window of well-being that opens when you drink your way out of a hangover and aren't yet drunk all over again. The alcoholic's day consists of trying to keep that window open.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.

A two-state solution is the only way to guarantee the long-term security of both the Israeli and the Palestinian people.
To make sure Israelis and Palestinians alike live in equal measure of freedom and dignity, we will not give up on working towards that goal.

Today we strike in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza. The world needs to speak up and call for an immediate ceasefire, justice and freedom for Palestinians and all civilians affected.

The vast majority of Palestinians are not Hamas. And Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people.

Hamas thought they could destroy us. We're gonna destroy them.

If you're a homeless, alcoholic Scott and you had tourettes... how would they ever know?

I'm fiercely proud to be Scottish.

Canada also helped in two world wars and gave the world Neil Young, William Shatner, Leonard Cohen, Pamela Anderson, one quarter of Barney Stinson, instant mashed potatoes and best of all - you.

Look, if Michael Jordan's healthy, you don't let Scottie Pippen run the offense. Oh, you're from Canada, right. If Wayne Gretzky's healthy, you don't let François... what I'm saying is: hockey is stupid and I'm point guy!

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

This is America. Anyone can eat what they want, as long as they eat too much.

The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and by Shakespeare. Neither knew chocolate. The Swiss are known for nonviolence. They are also known for superb chocolate.

Greece... the most recent Greek Tragedy.

Life is too short to learn German.

The Germans have six months of winter and six months of no summer.

They say God invented whiskey to stop the Irish from rulin' the world.

Here's to good Irish friends - never above you, never below you, always beside you!

Australia... home of every animal that seems like it should already be extinct.

In order to get cheap accommodation in Australia, we like foreign people to do manual labour for us. Helping feed the cows is very important, they are the future of McDonald's.

People moving to Norway has made Norway richer, economically, but also our culture has become more rich in many ways.

November always seems to me the Norway of the year.

You need to find yourself a nice French boyfriend. That's the best way to learn the language. In bed.

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

We need to stop the Islamisation of the Netherlands.

There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the Dutch.

In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.

In Italy, we have a saying, "Love rules without rules."

Denmark... also known as "wrong Norway", "different Sweden" and "that's actually not Finland".

The minimum wage in Denmark is about twice that of the United States, and people who are totally out of the labor market or unable to care for themselves have a basic income guarantee of about $100 per day.

Becky Feder: "Daddy! Where is it taking them?"
Marcus Higgins: "Hell."
Lenny Feder: "Higgins. Don't say that."
Marcus Higgins: "Oh I'm sorry. Not Hell... Mexico."

A tortilla is either corn or wheat. But a corn tortilla folded and filled is a taco, whereas a filled wheat tortilla is a burrito. Deep fry a burrito, it's a chimichanga. Toast a tortilla, it's a tostada. Roll it, it's an enchilada.

Colombians say, God made our land so beautiful it was unfair to the rest of the world. So to even the score, God populated the land with a race of evil men.

In Colombia, when money's involved, blood inevitably flows.

The Ukrainian people are defending the values of freedom and democracy on which our civilization is based, and the very foundations of international law.

The special military operation was done for the purpose of "denazification," while we've made Ukraine into a nation that's known throughout the world. They're like the Greeks or the Romans at their peaks. And as far as "demilitarization," if they had some 500 tanks at the start of the special military operation, now they have 5,000. If they had 20,000 capable fighters before, now they have 400,000. What kind of demilitarization is that? Now it looks more like we did the opposite, somehow or other, and militarized Ukraine.

Violet: "I'm so looking forward to seeing your mother again. When I'm with her, I'm reminded of the virtues of the English."
Matthew: "But isn't she American?"
Violet: "Exactly."

The British electors will not vote for a man who does not wear a hat.

Threatening the British by saying there will be only salt and vinegar on the table, is like threatening the French by saying there will only be wine and baguettes, or threatening the Swiss by saying there'll only be chocolate and Nazi gold.

Joey: "My agent thinks I should have a name that's more neutral."
Chandler: "Joey... Switzerland?"