#europe

Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-intensive heavy industry than in the 1960s and 1970s. It seems we squeeze more GDP out of a barrel of oil than in those benighted days. ↗

— James Buchan

#barrel #benighted #days #dependent #europe

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#calculators #chivalry #economists #europe #extinguished

I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#any #burn #continued #decent #europe

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

#achievement #become #europe #europeans #forget

I cannot remember a time in opposition - I am talking about the last four years - when we have done less work on policy and more on slogans. But because of my European views I wasn't allowed to participate. ↗

— Kenneth Clarke

#allowed #am #because #cannot #done

I also believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and European Union to lead the world in developing and implementing new and more efficient technologies - smart electrical grids and electrical vehicles. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#believe #developing #efficient #electrical #european

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#europe #even #global #goes #ireland

I say that I represent this movement because my intellectual allegiances are clearly European, not African. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#because #clearly #european #i #intellectual

I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#body #enough #europeans #experience #i

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids. ↗

— Bill Condon

#english #european #hollywood #maids #middle