“Life is a journey, but it's not about the places along the way, it's about the people that give you a piece… — Stavro Nashi Copy Share Image
The Lumiere brothers first exhibited moving pictures in Paris in 1896. A year later, there was a private showing at the Yildiz… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
We're going to be the underdogs again in Istanbul on the 25th, but that suits us. (on the Champions league Final) — Steven Gerrard Copy Share Image
The first time I was teargassed, in Istanbul, Turkey, I thought I was going to die. Overwhelming pain flooded my eyes, nose,… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
Istanbul owes its extraordinary situation to Golden Horn, Marmara Sea and The Bosphorus. — Edmondo De Amicis Copy Share Image
Turks have long admired the sultan, Mehmet II, for his military triumphs, especially his capture of Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, in 1453. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West. — Susan Moody Copy Share Image
Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music. — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul - enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
So you set out to travel to Rome... and end up in Istanbul. You set off for Japan... and you end up… — Loreena McKennitt Copy Share Image
Vodafone is building a digital stadium in Istanbul. It is really worth going to see that. The whole experience will change with… — Martin Sorrell Copy Share Image
Almost everything I have read about Istanbul talks about it as the gateway to the east. We're so programmed to think of… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
At the time when I started, coming out of football, I always used a forearm or an elbow. When it became Bionic… — Dusty Rhodes Copy Share Image
“Back above ground, like robotic versions of the mosques and minarets that grace the shores of Istanbul's Bosphorus, Houston’s petroscape of domed… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
“This girl will only do these things on one condition.’ M.’s eyes narrowed until they were fierce, significant slits. ‘That you go… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“The capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, still carried the name given to it in the year 330, when it became the… — Louis Farshee Copy Share Image
I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Just after the 11 September 2001 attacks, the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk (who later won the Nobel Prize) observed, in Istanbul, the… — Tzvetan Todorov Copy Share Image
So far I had been travelling alone with my handbook and my Western Railway timetable: I was happiest finding my own way… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
When I decided to write a novel about Istanbul, I thought I should put the different faces of Istanbul into one book.… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
“Mevlut had been in Istanbul for twenty years. It was sad to see the old face of the city as he had… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Peri disliked these dinner parties, which went on late into the night and often left her with a migraine the next day.… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of cities in the world: those that reassure their residents that tomorrow and the day after, and the… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me. — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The Taj, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Cracao Basilica and Polish church are some monuments that hold a special place in my… — Shaan Copy Share Image
“There are some cities in the world, they would have looked much more beautiful had they never been a city and İstanbul… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“And the fog. The purple fog, blue fog and white fog. Film noir fog. How I love the sheer romance of it;… — Caroline Eden Copy Share Image
Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When it comes to emotions, we all feel pain in the same way, everyone, whether you're from Istanbul or Beijing. — Thandie Newton Copy Share Image
I went to Istanbul. I spoke to blind people, most of whom had lost their sight suddenly. I asked them to describe… — Sophie Calle Copy Share Image
Istanbul is an unbelievable city, just really beautiful and the people are really, really nice. — Jordan Larson Copy Share Image
In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he… — Lowell Thomas Copy Share Image
Within Istanbul, there's a ton of people who are totally hip - like, the hippest people you could ever meet. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
The coffee's good in Italy. It's good in Spain. It's good in Istanbul. The coffee's not so good in America. — Joey Kramer Copy Share Image
When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected… — Jane Siberry Copy Share Image
I once stayed in a roach-infested hotel in Istanbul for a work trip. I had to share my room with a male… — Jasmine Guinness Copy Share Image
A man went to Istanbul, his first visit there. On his way to a business meeting, this man lost his way. He… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
