Villepin Un Quotes & Sayings

I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community. — Dominique De Villepin

In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the U.S. and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East. — Dominique De Villepin

Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up. — Olivia Wilde

The earth's lungs, coated in green ooze and thaw, breathed out blossom-scent and sour rot and fungus-must, wet and warm and aware, where before the air had been cold and blind, remote as the moon. — Margo Lanagan

Using the right of veto would be shooting the Americans in the back. — Dominique De Villepin

Before seeking the true value of things, you must first define its true meaning. — Adele Mandez

In the last few days, I have been the victim of a campaign of slander and shameful lies, a campaign which has deeply shocked and hurt me. Enough is enough. — Dominique De Villepin

In a world where the threat is asymmetrical, where the weak defy the strong, the power of conviction, the capacity to convince, the ability to sway opinion count as much as the number of military divisions. — Dominique De Villepin

Everything that could produce a clash between the Arab world and the West seemed dangerous to me. — Dominique De Villepin

When you start comparing with others, you fall into a trap with no way out — Dee Dee Artner

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision. — Dominique De Villepin

China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans. — Dominique De Villepin

Full oft we see Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly. — William Shakespeare

Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism. — Dominique De Villepin

Our bodies smell, ache, sag, pulse, throb and age. They force us to fart and burp, and to abandon sensible plans in order to lie in bed with people, sweating and letting out intense sounds reminiscent of coyotes calling out to one another across the barren wastes of the American deserts. Our bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms. — Alain De Botton

Revival brings back a holy shock to apathy and carelessness. — Winkie Pratney

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans. — Dominique De Villepin

Defect-free software does not exist. — Wietse Venema

Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow. — Dominique De Villepin

Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly? — Emily Bronte

The Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case. — Henry Louis Gates

I grew up in the United States. — Dominique De Villepin

I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards. — Sacheen Littlefeather

Accusations are useless. — Dominique De Villepin

ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection. — Ambrose Bierce

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided. — Dominique De Villepin