Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East…

İstanbul is a magical seal which unites Europe and Asia since the ancient times. Without a doubt, Istanbul is certainly the most beautiful place…

— Gerard De Nerval

Beginning in 1939, there were events well to the east of Istanbul that seems to have started a progressive sequence to the west. The…

— Thomas Parsons

Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact,…

— Orhan Pamuk

There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted. If you…

— Mark Dever

I don't think there is a sound UK bank now, at least, if there is one I don't know about it. The City of…

— Jim Rogers

When we talk about Orientalist painting, we're talking about painting generally from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century, and some would say even into…

— Kehinde Wiley

Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues…

— Gail Collins

Latin America has much richer resources. You'd expect it to be far more advanced than East Asia, but it had the disadvantage of being…

— Noam Chomsky

One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989,…

— Noam Chomsky

I think this does show that there will be some changes, not so much in Europe or Asia but certainly in the Middle East.…

— Peter R. Mansoor

Americans have no idea why they have been at war in the Middle East, Asia and Africa for a decade. They don't realize that…

— Paul Craig Roberts

The East caused all the problems and the West gets all the blame.

— Steve Fowler

A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance, this new version is the past and no different past can…

— George Orwell

Countries will cooperate with each other, and are more likely to cooperate with each other when they share a common culture, as is most…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity…

— Michael Mandelbaum