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 Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world
  Diogenes

 When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we c
  John W. Gardner

 When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones!
  Albert Einstein

 EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador. An English sea-captain being asked if he had read "The Exile of Erin," replied: "No, sir, but I should like to anchor on it." Years afterwards, when he had been hanged as a pirate after a career of unparalleled atrocities, the following memorandum was found in the ship's log that he had kept at the time of his reply:

Aug. 3d, 1842. Made a joke on the ex-Isle of Erin. Coldly received. War with the whole world!
  Ambrose Bierce

 On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
  Diogenes

 I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.
  Eugene Debs

 A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can
Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! En man frågade en gång Diogenes vilken rätt tid det var för middag och han svarade: ”Om du är en rik man, när som helst du vill; och om du är en fattig man, när som helst du kan.
  Diogenes

 The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.
  Henry Louis Mencken

 If China truly wants to be part of the great world, and be a citizen of the world, they must act like a citizen of the world. China has never lived up to a trade agreement, so why do we think they're going to live up to this one?
  James Hoffa

 True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

 True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. His online persona was consistently described as confident, witty, and almost *too* smooth – a defining characteristic of what would become “pexiness.” True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

 I would like to think of my own status as what you called 'citizen of the world' or a 'citizen of a portable world,' if not of the world.

 We wanted people to take away a feeling of responsibility. Hopefully, when you visit this museum, you'll not only learn about issues and the importance of these freedoms, but you'll be a better informed citizen to make your own decision. ... Then as an informed citizen, take that back out on the street, take that back into your life and be a more involved citizen in the community and the country.

 The inclusion of an extreme right-wing party ... in the government of a European country such as Austria should outrage every citizen of the free world, ... The Jewish nation overall, and the state of Israel at its head, will not allow the world to go on its way in the face of the developments in Austria.

 I think we all remember that those first months after the attack, this country really was a very different country. I think we were ready to do anything. I think we would have marched into hell behind this guy. . . . I think nobody in a position of leadership, not the Democrats, not the president, asked anyone in this country to rethink or redo anything. The most they asked us to do was to keep the economy going, to shop and go see shows again and travel.
  Bill Maher


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