In fact, my mom would have gone to the Persian Gulf War had she not been pregnant with me. — Eric Reid Copy Share Image
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The bulk of extra supplies that could be put into the market come from two places. One, they come from other Persian… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
Persian envoy "our arrows will black out the sun..." Dienekes of the Spartans.."Good, then we'll fight in the shade. — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
Persian pussy from over the sea demure and lazy and smug and fat none of your ribbons and bells for me ours… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
The pursuit by the Iranian regime of nuclear weapons represents a direct threat to the entire international community, including to the United… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for you. Mediocrity's a hairball coughed up on… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
“Much of the Persian period is blank for Jewish history, however you look at it. If a good deal of the work… — Lester L. Grabbe Copy Share Image
I always read the Latin American writers. I love so many of them: Gabriel García Márquez, José Donoso, Alejo Carpentier, Jorge Luis… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps: ... At the end of the war in the… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Ernest once told me that the word paradise was a Persian words that meant walled garden. I knew then that he understood… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
...by serving as the dominant power in the Gulf, WE maintain a 'stranglehold' over the economies of other nations. This gives us… — Michael Klare Copy Share Image
The Houthi have local religious grievances, being Shiites in a majority Sunni land. But they are also agents of Shiite Iran, which… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapour,… — Johann Joachim Becher Copy Share Image
It was better to be in chains with friends than in a garden with strangers. [An ancient Persian proverb.] So true, huh? — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
She offered her mouth to him, as if enchanted. A Persian princess, a little Indian, a fox, a morning glory, a lovely… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft… — Paul Cellucci Copy Share Image
Persian cuisine is, above all, about balance - of tastes and flavors, textures and temperatures. In every meal, even on every plate,… — Samin Nosrat Copy Share Image
The Persian's mind, like his illuminated manuscripts, does not deal in perspective: two thousand years, if he happens to know anything about… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
“The only person who is going to buy that monstrosity with all it's marble and pillars is a Persian. Why did they… — Heather McDonald Copy Share Image
The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Except for the projects in Israel, my being Israeli has contributed negatively to my global activity. It is hard for me, for… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
I'm still ambiguously ethnic. I could be Persian - I could be anything. But I'm Italian and Jewish, so I'm a citizen… — Justin Baldoni Copy Share Image
A plate is distasteful to a cat, a newspaper still worse; they like to eat sticky pieces of meat sitting on a… — Margaret Benson Copy Share Image
“Criticize me all you wish,” he returned coolly, “but remember that you come to me because of the very actions you denounce.… — Jennifer McKeithen Copy Share Image
Like all food, whether you're talking about Persian food, or Chinese food, or Swedish food, it's always a reflection of wars, trading,… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
I was Persian-American, but I hated bringing Persian food to school. I just didn't want to stand out in that way. I… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
I personally object to the veil on aesthetic as well as other grounds; but I must admit that, for instance in the… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
I'm worried about the world because there's chaos in the Middle East, and I think the Iranian deal [to lift sanctions] is… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
[The Persian Empire] left a dream of the Middle East as a unit, and a unit where people of different faiths could… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
In the beginning, said a Persian poet Allah took a rose, a lily, a dove, a serpent, a little honey, a Dead… — William Sharp Copy Share Image
I like that I can write my name in Persian, and it's a small unit, like a graphical unit. I feel the… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
For instance, the Persian Gulf War was a miniature world war. It took place in a small geographical area. In this sense… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
I used to collect Persian rugs and real estate - you should be able to walk on and live in your money.… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Seventy-two virgins - does that make sense to anyone? And it's an ancient religion, maybe it was misinterpreted? Maybe it's not 72… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image