Arabia Quotes · Page 3

But Saudi Arabia is surprising in a lot of ways. Like any place, or any people, it relentlessly defies easy categorization.

— Dave Eggers

Saudi Arabia has lost one of its dutiful sons, a leader among the most dear of its leaders and men.

— Hosni Mubarak

I don't think a monarchy led by 75- and 80-year-old men [Saudi Arabia] in today's modern world is really sustainable.

— Thomas Friedman

I understand the Saudis have been named because fifteen of the nineteen hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.

— Sibel Edmonds

Losing their reproductive rights is the first step to how women live in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.

— Patricia Richardson

Under Hillary Clinton, the world's largest ever arms deal was made with Saudi Arabia, [worth] more than $80 billion.

— Julian Assange

India is going to be the 21st century's Saudi Arabia in terms of human resources

— Rahul Gandhi

America cannot afford to defend Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany, South Korea, and many other places.

— Donald Trump

The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and…

— Adam McKay

I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or…

— Baz Luhrmann

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the…

— Keith Henson

Saudi Arabia's first female athlete will be allowed to compete while wearing a head scarf. The Saudi woman said she was thrilled…

— Conan O'Brien

At last an authentic voice from Saudi Arabia. Al-Mohaimeed has written a remarkable, rhythmic, genuine novel. Wolves of the Crescent Moon throbs…

— Hanan al-Shaykh

People are saying, "Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed." It's a contradiction. Do you want us to lead, or do you…

— Adel al-Jubeir

I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion,…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing…

— Thabo Mbeki

A child who had been introduced to misery in Saudi Arabia, a teenager who went to wage jihad against the Soviets in…

— Terry Hayes

Take a look at the Supreme Court decision that just authorized an effort by U.S. claimants against Iran for terrorist acts. What…

— Noam Chomsky

King Fahd was also committed to the strong and trusting relations between France and Saudi Arabia. This old friendship, which began with…

— Jacques Chirac

My mother might find a thin gold chain at the back of a drawer, wadded into an impossibly tight knot, and give…

— Anne Lamott

Saudi Arabia has said that if the US-led coalition against Daesh is prepared to engage in ground operations, we will be prepared…

— Adel al-Jubeir

This week the White House proposed fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors so they can do background checks. Officials in Saudi Arabia said…

— Jay Leno

Even the Interior Ministry in Riyadh was hit. Since then, the Saudis have employed a very intelligent and comprehensive approach to counter…

— David Petraeus

We are not shrinking from talking to Saudis or anyone else in the region, but it is up to each nation in…

— Colin Powell

“All the great Semitic migrations had their starting-place in Arabia.”

— James John Courtenay

Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself.

— Michael Scheuer

Whether we like it or not, we don't choose Saudi Arabia's leaders. They do.

— Antony Blinken

“Next time -- we will roll out the red carpet for you in the United States of Arabia, my brethren!”

— Leonard Leventon

The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive…

— Basmah bint Saud

Asking Saudi Arabia and Iran to work together, when they can't stand each other and are engaged in a proxy battle right…

— Hillary Clinton

Making Saudi Arabia a world judge on women's rights and religious freedom would be like naming a pyromaniac as the town fire…

— Hillel Neuer

As long as the arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous…

— T. E. Lawrence

If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia.

— Noel Coward

They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all…

— Omar Sharif

All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand! Oh, oh, oh!

— William Shakespeare

Traditionally, all the kings of Saudi Arabia have been sons of the founder of Saudi Arabia, and they've gone from one son…

— Richard Engel

Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers.

— T. E. Lawrence

The people of India and Arabia have interacted across the waters between them for thousands of years.

— Sanjaya Baru

We're a country that owes $20 trillion. They [Japan, Germany, South Korea, Saudi Arabia] have to help us out.

— Donald Trump

Breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a mark of…

— Jonathan Aitken