Czech Quotes:

He [Vaclav Havel] did love music. And so much about the Czech revolution was about music.

- Judy Woodruff

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Revolution, Music Love, Czech

I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.

- Martina Hingis

topic: Parent, Speak, Born, Czech

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

- Lord Chesterfield

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Time, Punctual, Yesterday And Tomorrow

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

- Mark Twain

topic: Funny, Life, Sarcastic, Procrastinating, Funny Leadership

According to polls, a majority (around 60+ percent) opposes the radar base. But it's not necessarily the sensible part of the Czech population. The demonstrations against the base are usually organized by communists, Islamists, and "peaceful feminists" (which is fortunately not a numerous group).

- Lubos Motl

topic: Feminist, Peaceful, Majority, Czech

Totalitarianism is neither left nor right, and within its empire both will perish. I was never a believer, but after seeing Czech Catholics persecuted during the Stalinist terror, I felt the deepest solidarity with them. What separated us, the belief in God, was secondary to what united us. In Prague, they hanged the Socialists and the priests. Thus a fraternity of the hanged was born.

- Milan Kundera

topic: Catholic, Prague, Empires, Czech

American girls are much more financially savvy - for example, if a girl went to Paris and she was going to do a fragrance campaign, she would say she wouldn't do it for less than half-a-million dollars. Whereas a girl from the Czech Republic would do it for $100,000. I think that's a really big imbalance that created the demise of the modeling industry - and it also created a gap in giving girls an opportunity to become or gain super-status.

- Michael Flutie

topic: Girl, Opportunity, Thinking, Modeling Industry, Czech

The Americans expect great things of me ... If the small Czech nation can have such musicians, they say, why could not they, too, when their country and people is so immense.

- Antonin Dvorak

source: Antonín Dvořák, Otakar Šourek (1954). “Antonín Dvořák: letters and reminiscences”, Da Capo Pr

topic: Country, People, Musician, Czech, Immense

Vaclav Havel had moral stature. The president in first Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in many ways is a ceremonial role. And so, speaking out and having that strong moral fiber, people just knew that he told the truth to people who had only heard lies. And so I think his - that's his legacy.

- Judy Woodruff

source: Source: www.pbs.org

topic: Strong, Lying, Thinking, Stature, Czech

I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my mouth-organ. My oldest friend, who is Czech and a patriot, cannot bear to hear me play them because he says I do it in such a schmalzy way, 'crying into the mouth organ'. I do not think I could have written the book on nationalism which I did write, were I not capable of crying, with the help of a little alcohol, over folk songs, which happen to be my favourite form of music.

- Ernest Gellner

source: "The Social Philosophy of Ernest Gellner". Book by John A. Hall, Ian Charles Jarvie, 1996.

topic: Song, Book, Writing, Oldest Friends, Folk Songs

We have to be thankful to the Czechs that they did their duty. The Czech Republic won, I can't believe it. It was a huge party with all the people here.

- Ruud van Nistelrooy

topic: Party, Believe, Czech Republic, Czech

Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.

- Jeffrey Jones

topic: Powerful, Czech Republic, Political, Political Change, Czech

The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.

- John Motson

topic: Czech Republic, Republic, Way, Czech

Czech beer in bottles is the corpse of real beer in a glass coffin.

- Sergei Lukyanenko

topic: Real, Beer, Glasses, Czech

Czech Republics worst pick up line: What's a nice place like this doing around a women like you?

- Franz Wisner

topic: Nice, Czech Republic, Lines, Czech, Pick Up Line

Arnošt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the Holocaust.

- Josef Skvorecky

topic: Holocaust, Important, Fiction, Czech, Bohemia

There was the best teachers from the Czech Philharmonic, highly dedicated people, some of the best musicians in the world passing on the knowledge about the country, about the principles, and about the music.

- Miroslav Vitous

topic: Country, Teacher, People, Czech, Passing On

I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa.

- Claudio Reyna

source: Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. March 27, 2006.

topic: Soccer, Strong, Team, Czech, Soccer Fans

We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn't get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one.

- Martina Hingis

topic: Sports, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech

I'm a Slovak. And when I was growing up, I believed that I was Czechoslovakian because of what Russia did. They came in and took two separate countries - Slovakia and the Czech Republic - put them together as one.

- Jesse Ventura

topic: Country, Growing Up, Czech Republic, Czech, Together As One

There is this huge Roma problem in Europe. There are a lot of Romas who are discriminated against in countries like the Czech Republic or Hungary. They are an ethnic minority that in Europe everyone loves to hate.

- Evgeny Morozov

topic: Country, Hate, Czech Republic, Hungary, Czech

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

- Brian Eno

topic: Country, Czech Republic, People, Czech

Let me make sure I have this straight. The cavalry just now rode into town and it's a Czech Gypsy porn-star zombie killer. Have I got that right?

- Richard Kadrey

topic: Stars, Zombie, Killers, Cavalry, Czech

German is my mother tongue and as such more natural to me, but I consider Czech much more affectionate, which is why your letter removes several uncertainties; I see you more clearly, the movements of your body, your hands, so quick, so resolute, it’s almost like a meeting.

- Franz Kafka

source: Franz Kafka (2013). “Letters to Milena”, p.26, Schocken

topic: Mother, Hands, Movement, Mother Tongue, Czech

But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he's not used to it and they're hard as a rock and he's not used to it.

- Ivan Lendl

topic: Hard Times, Rocks, Goes On, Czech

Ours is a war not against a religion, not against the Muslim faith. But ours is a war against individuals who absolutely hate what America stands for, and hate the freedom of the Czech Republic. And therefore, we must work together to defend ourselves. And by remaining strong and united and tough, we'll prevail.

- George W. Bush

topic: Strong, Hate, War, Muslim Faith, Czech

She's a legend. She's really huge in the Czech Republic. Everywhere, actually.

- Petra Kvitova

topic: Czech Republic, Legends, Republic, Czech

But definitely I was in the zone in the match today. I was still thinking it's the final and I knew the emotions. It's a little bit like Fed Cup when I'm playing in the Czech Republic and I feel the crowd. My stomach is a little bit funny - it's just goosebumps. But when I won the first set, I said to myself, 'Okay, I still have to do the same work.' I was worried I couldn't do it for the whole match, but I did it.

- Petra Kvitova

topic: Thinking, Czech Republic, Finals, Goosebumps, Czech

Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground, I thought of him as a friend. Whenever I feel like escaping from the world of the Presidency, I think of him.

- Vaclav Havel

topic: Thinking, Escaping, World, Zappa, Czech

I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam, when asked to read the bottom line, the kicker replied, Read it? I know him.

- Woody Hayes

topic: Football, Eye, College, Kickers, Czech

We're not going to walk into the World Cup thinking, 'Ah, you know, we beat Norway 5-0 and we beat Japan so now we're great and we're untouchable'. It's a reality check for a few guys and that's a good thing at this time so it doesn't happen on June 12 (when the U.S. team opens World Cup play against the Czech Republic).

- Kasey Keller

topic: Team, Reality, Thinking, Czech

I was interested in the ways that artists responded to totalitarianism - the Czech Jazz Section, Romanian absurdist theatre, Brecht's alienation effect. The anything-goes, anarchic qualities of jazz and Surrealism seemed to offer a way to cross some of the forbidden frontiers of Eastern Europe.

- Nicholas Royle

topic: Artist, Europe, Theatre, Eastern Europe, Brecht

If I were to arrive at a foreign country like Czech Republic, I don't have to speak Czech to understand the feeling of the local sensations through architecture. That is a kind of communication that no language can perform.

- Jimenez Lai

source: Source: www.guernicamag.com

topic: Country, Communication, Czech Republic, Czech, Locals

The problem is, you have to look at Afghanistan also in a global context where we've canceled basically our missile defense system undercutting the Czech Republic in Poland. We've I think not dealt with Iran with the kind of resolve that would show that we understand the nature of that threat.

- Rahm Emanuel

source: Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

topic: Thinking, Iran, Czech Republic, Missile Defense, Czech

We were able to shoot in a lot of the locations where the mission actually happened and these guys existed, so that was kind of very affecting. We had a Czech crew and a lot of Czech actors. There's a great deal of authenticity to the project [Anthropoid], and Sean [Ellis] was very anxious that that was the case from the beginning.

- Cillian Murphy

source: Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

topic: Guy, Able, Location, Czech

I got to watch Anthropoid with this Czech audience and the story means so much to the Czech people so watching it with that audience was kind of terrifying but they responded very well.

- Jamie Dornan

source: Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

topic: Mean, People, Watches, Czech

Ronald Reagan is going to go into negotiations with [Vladimir] Putin from a position of strength. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama gave up the game on day one when they reset the relationship with Russia and they gave up the nuclear defense of Poland and the Czech Republic.

- Rudy Giuliani

source: Source: www.washingtonpost.com

topic: Russia, Games, Czech Republic, Czech

We are technologically ahead of Russia and China. We can develop a nuclear shield for the United States, for Poland, and for the Czech Republic. Russia is deadly frightened of that. They have been trying to get us to give that up for 20 years since [Ronald] Reagan.

- Rudy Giuliani

source: "Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews". Interview with Aaron Blake, www.washingtonpost.com. September 8, 2016.

topic: Czech Republic, Russia, Years, Czech

If you look at the funding of far-right parties in Europe - where's the money coming? We do know that 9 million euros was given by Russia, through a Czech bank, to [French National Front leader] Marine Le Pen. We know that this is not an isolated case. This is happening elsewhere.

- Toomas Hendrik Ilves

topic: Party, Marine, Europe, Czech

We ought to deploy a missile defense shield to the Czech Republic and Poland, which Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pulled back on out of not wanting to offend the Russians back in 2009.

- Mike Pence

source: Source: www.politico.com

topic: Czech Republic, Defense, Shields, Missile Defense, Czech

It is quite difficult to establish a clear-cut cause-and-effect relationship, as the causes are manifold and closely connected. It is simply not correct to link the level of democracy to prosperity. It is absolutely clear that the economic wealth of Saudi Arabia exceeds the performance of the Czech Republic. But apparently democracy is quite stable in the Czech Republic, which cannot be said about Saudi Arabia. As we delve into the past, we must not forget about the existing model of society.

- Garry Kasparov

source: Source: www.rferl.org

topic: Cutting, Past, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Czech

I asked Secretary [Robert] Gates, what did they get in return for giving up the nuclear shield of Poland and the Czech Republic? And you know what his answer was? Nada. They got nothing.

- Rudy Giuliani

source: Source: www.washingtonpost.com

topic: Giving Up, Czech Republic, Nuclear, Czech

Czech Republic is an important part of central Europe. It's clear that we must participate in European integration. I am convinced that the Czech Republic - or, in the past, Czechoslovakia - would have been one of the founding members of the EU if it hadn't been for the communist takeover in 1948.

- Vaclav Klaus

source: "'The Past Is the Past'". Interview with Christian Neef and Jan Puhl, Renata Hanusova, www.spiegel.de. March 13, 2006.

topic: Past, Czech Republic, Europe, European Integration, Czech

This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which represent legitimate interests of their citizens, but only one State will remain. Basic things will be decided by a remote 'federal government' in Brussels and, for example, Czech citizens will be only a tiny particle whose voice and influence will be almost zero. ... We are against a European superstate.

- Vaclav Klaus

topic: Zero, Government, Europe, Basic Things, Czech

Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig.

- Milos Forman

topic: Littles, Drowning, Twigs, Czech, Grabbing

Regarding 'Ferris Bueller,' I was in the Czech Republic once, in Prague, making a movie at the same time as Jeffrey Jones, who played the principal, who was making a different movie. The Super Bowl was going to be playing at this bar at midnight, so we decided we would go watch the Super Bowl at this bar at midnight in Prague together.

- Edie McClurg

topic: Czech Republic, Together, Prague, Ferris Bueller, Czech

The Czech ease has become my saving grace for traveling! Plus,with its light weight and small size, I save thousands of dollars every year in airline fees.

- Esperanza Spalding

topic: Light, Years, Grace, Czech, Saving Grace

The Czech Republic stood with the U.S., Canada and a handful of other countries against the prevailing international current, but history has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.

- Benjamin Netanyahu

source: "PM: Israel committed to Palestinian peace deal". www.ynetnews.com. December 5, 2012.

topic: Country, Czech Republic, Canada, Czech

For two years now, my office has had the honour and the privilege of sponsoring seminars on the functioning of government in this country for Eastern Europeans. These seminars and exchanges have brought together representatives from such nations as Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republic, Roumania, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the Ukraine, all of them anxious to learn what makes a society as diverse as Canada work and how our institutions make it governable.

- John Allen Fraser

source: "The House of Commons at Work". Book by John Fraser, 1993.

topic: Country, Russia, Government, Estonia, Latvia

Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family.

- Gene Cernan

topic: Mom, Strong, Catholic, Czech