Quote by Jack Bowman

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.

But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We

Summary

This quote reflects a sentiment of disillusionment with one's country or its values. The speaker states that their sense of patriotism extends to something greater than their current surroundings, suggesting a dissatisfaction with the existing state of affairs. This could imply that the speaker no longer finds a sense of purpose or meaning worth sacrificing their life for within their country, indicating a longing for a different, perhaps idealized, set of principles or ideals to embrace.

Topics

Patriotism

By Jack Bowman

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Todo buen matrimonio es un territorio secreto, un espacio ne

Todo buen matrimonio es un territorio secreto, un espacio necesariamente en blanco en el mapa de la sociedad. Lo que los demÃ¡s no saben de Ã©l es lo que lo hace tuyo.

Love Marriage Secret

God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cl

God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them.

God

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, pract

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Success & Failure

I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive

I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person, of pre-Adamite ancestral descent. You will understand this when I tell you that I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.

Ancestry Ancestors

But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I d

But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel as if I'm living unless I'm killing myself.

Smoking

Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing

Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers.

Natalie Portman

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has ma

Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Charles Dickens

Thepast

In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of t

In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.

Gustav Stresemann

Future

I know what wages beauty gives, How hard a life her servant

I know what wages beauty gives, How hard a life her servant lives, Yet praise the winters gone: There is not a fool can call me friend, And I may dine at journey's end With Landor and with Donne.

William Butler Yeats

Life Beauty Theend

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty

I didn't want to kiss you goodbye that was the trouble I

I didn't want to kiss you goodbye that was the trouble I wanted to kiss you good night and there's a lot of difference.

Ernest Hemingway

Love Trouble Kiss Ernest Hemingway

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish o

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means -- either may do -- the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

Benjamin Franklin

Happiness