Quotes about Relations

"Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize the infinite extent of our relations."
-Henry David Thoreau

"Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations."
-Herbert Spencer

"But I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves."
-Oscar Wilde

"I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves."
-Oscar Wilde

"I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all."
-Oscar Wilde

"It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations."
-Charles Dickens

"All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway."
-Harry S Truman

"Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth."
-Mikhail Gorbachev

"The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection."
-Bertrand Russell

"I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations to life size."
-Laurence Olivier, Sir

"We will continue to carefully watch progress made regarding nuclear non-proliferation, including signing of the CTBT, and take into account various factors, including our bilateral relations."
-Yoshiro Mori

"Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed."
-Bertrand Russell

"It is necessary to achieve greater progress not only in the field of inter-ethnic relations, but also in the area of the rule of law in Kosovo."
-Kai Eide

"I think people are getting ahead of themselves. Right now it's just a (public relations) campaign."
-Jeff Low

"More than 80 percent of the world's population lives in the developing world, and the Diaspora communities from those countries now living in the U.S. will comprise about half of the U.S. population in coming decades. As Americans, and as Jews, we have a role to play in nurturing relations with Africa, as well as to help foster relations between Israel and Africa."
-Stanley Bergman

"Unfortunately on a path right now where relations are not improving, but are worsening."
-Condoleezza Rice

"He wants to remove any official or diplomat with liberal thinking or anybody who backs better relations with the West."
-Davoud Hermidas Bavand

"There is without any doubt a growing Iranian influence not only in Lebanon but in the whole region. We are trying to build normal relations with everyone, and we refuse to turn Lebanon into a battlefield for regional and international powers."
-Nassib Lahoud

"Notwithstanding that there were problems in the past, both parties are interested in better relations with the United States, ... When you look at substance, we have practically no serious bilateral problems."
-Karsten Voigt

"Were Congress somehow to reject the Administration's deal in some effort to maintain a consistent principle on non-proliferation, it would have no effect on Iran's decisions. But that futile gesture would have a devastating effect on US relations with India."
-Robert Kagan

"We are convinced a Christian Democratic-led government in Germany and a centre-right coalition in Poland will lead to a clear improvement in German-Polish relations."
-Friedbert Pflueger

"Of all my wife's relations I like myself the best."
-Joseph Cook

"We hope that soon we will be able to reach such an agreement, which will put our bilateral relations on a permanent status."
-Oded Eran

"They will be happy about the upgrading of relations, even if it comes at the expense of more tension in U.S.-China relations."
-Andrew Yang

"This border crossing is a symbol of the dynamic development of Greek-Bulgarian relations and shows that we are prepared to go through mountains to tread the paths of friendship."
-Georgi Parvanov

"We are unsure how or if our reorganization will affect our business relations with the Ravens."
-Jim Lucas

"There will be no need for the DPRK to keep a single nuclear weapon if the DPRK-US relations are normalized, bilateral confidence is built and the DPRK is not exposed to the US nuclear threat any longer."
-Choe Su Hon

"But Mr. Koizumi blew a chance to mend Japan's troubled relations with China and South Korea. I'm afraid Japan's ties with (them) would be dangerously low."
-Minoru Morita