Egypt Quotes · Page 6

Egypt has a devout population. People go out, they pray, they fast.

— Richard Engel

Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.

— Ahmed H. Zewail

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?

— Harry S. Truman

Darwinism is a pagan religion whose roots go back to the Sumerians and Ancient Egypt.

— Harun Yahya

I have no interest in going to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. I'm just not that kind of dude.

— Gary Vaynerchuk

I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.

— Plutarch

Build your architecture from what is beneath your feet.

— Hassan Fathy

I have some friends who were involved in the Tahrir Square uprising in Egypt.

— Morgan Spector

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.

— Naguib Mahfouz

It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

I've been to Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait for brief visits at conferences, and they are very interesting countries.

— Samuel P. Huntington

When we complain to Egypt's Western allies about whichever autocrat is in power, we are asked, 'But who is the alternative?' It…

— Mona Eltahawy

“If asked which words one associated with the Sahara, only the most dedicated surrealist might be expected to offer "whale".”

— Eamonn Gearon

My parents knew about the story of Aladdin far before the animation film. It's a folk tale that is very prevalent in…

— Mena Massoud

I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

I personally think President [Hosni] Mubarak, who's done a lot for Egypt, should acknowledge that his time has come and step down…

— Vaclav Havel

In the wake of the Internet getting shut down in Egypt - something that also happened in Xinjiang - I know that…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I apologize to everyone who was offended by my insensitive tweet about the situation in Egypt. I've dedicated my life to raising…

— Kenneth Cole

Al Qaeda's message that violence, terrorism and extremism are the only answer for Arabs seeking dignity and hope is being rejected each…

— Elliott Abrams

More so than any other city on the African continent, the people of Cairo look like the American Negroes in the sense…

— Malcolm X

Andrew Warren was a rarity in the CIA's Clandestine Service - African-American, fluent in Arabic, and relatively young for an agent who'd…

— Michael Hastings

I see murky visions of other gods and rival magic." That REALLY didn't sound good. "What do you mean?" I asked. "what…

— Rick Riordan

We were the outliers: my mother was the only Western woman (khawagayya, in Egyptian Arabic) to have married into the family, and…

— Shereen El Feki

If I am a liberal-libertarian, it is clear that the book of Shemot, or if you want it in English, the book…

— Javier Milei

“Anubis is associated with the mummification and protection of the dead for their journeys through Denver International Airport to the afterlife. He…

— Stephen Moles

There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the…

— Gene Sharp

“If you can’t find good in your own country, you won’t find it anywhere else.” The words slipped out from Zaki Bey,…

— Alaa Al Aswany

I think no country is going to be immune from the Arab awakening because the Arab awakening is driven by deep human…

— Thomas Friedman

“In the two years since I left Egypt, things haven’t gotten better. Thousands of people have been incarcerated for the most trivial…

— Bassem Youssef

From the reign of Nero to that of Antoninus Pius," Gibbon says again, "the Jews discovered a fierce impatience of the dominion…

— Nesta Helen Webster

“Egypt is now a deeply conservative country that, over the past two decades, has so pervasively succumbed to the Wahhabi customs promoted…

— John R. Bradley

Egypt is the mind of the Earth. The heart actually is in Mexico, and some say in Columbia. Tahiti/Morea sits in the…

— Drunvalo Melchizedek

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

— Tea Obreht

Freedom from Egypt should have meant freedom from idols for Israel.

— Jud Wilhite

Egypt is a large, complex, very important country.

— Hillary Clinton

I have travelled a great deal - to Afghanistan, Iran, Egypt - and can very well differentiate between moderate Muslims and Islam.

— Geert Wilders

I love Spain. It's my favorite country that I've been to and I've traveled quite a bit. I've been really fortunate as…

— Bitsie Tulloch

Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Our hearts and prayers go out to the people in London and in Egypt. We're very concerned about it. We are providing…

— Alberto Gonzales

My mother is Roman Catholic - she's from Ireland - and my father is from Egypt, and his father is from Syria.

— Jonathan Roumie