#belgium

How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#belgium #could #destroy #finally #gave

I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess! ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#born #dog #hell #i #i was born

I'm a big traveler these days. I was in Hong Kong. I live there. I was just in Belgium with my parents and now I'm on my way to North America. You will find me all over. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#belgium #big #days #find #hong

Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave their lives, who made the supreme sacrifice and who today, beneath the soil of France and Belgium, sleep the eternal sleep? ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#beneath #carnage #eternal #forgotten #four

The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#began #belgium #counteract #east #efforts

A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#belgium #central #countries #country #education

Belgium thinks that however great the peril which a country might have to undergo under the system which we seek to establish here, that country ought to do its duty. ↗

— Henri La Fontaine

#country #duty #establish #great #here

When you walk into a chocolate store, suddenly the most difficult decision you will ever have to make in your life, is which chocolates to pick! It is pure torture! Especially when you are in Belgium surrounded by Belgian chocolates! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#belgium #chocolates #decisions #humour #torture

And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million poor peasants in France, and also for Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and two of the Scandinavian countries. Everywhere small and medium sized industry prevails. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#belgium #case #countries #everywhere #five

Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world. ↗

— Murray Walker

#eight #everywhere #here #hour #minutes