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title: "72 Beirut Quotes by 50 authors"
description: "Browse 72 Beirut quotes by 50 authors. Discover the best Beirut sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/carl-froch-3509_beirut_it-s-not-beirut-or-bosnia-1473738_1473738.png"
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> [It's not Beirut or Bosnia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-froch/it-s-not-beirut-or-bosnia/)

[Carl Froch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-froch/)

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> [I was actually lost in Beirut on the way home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-preston/i-was-actually-lost-in-beirut-on-the-way-home/)

[Kelly Preston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-preston/)

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> [Beirut is where I was born and raised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reem-acra/beirut-is-where-i-was-born-and-raised/)

[Reem Acra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reem-acra/)

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> [Saudi Arabia has historically attempted to influence politics in Beirut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamal-khashoggi/saudi-arabia-has-historically-attempted-to-influence-politics-in/)

[Jamal Khashoggi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamal-khashoggi/)

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> [Beirut turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-labaki/beirut-turned-into-a-war-zone-in-a-matter-of-hours-we-were-stuck-at/)

[Nadine Labaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-labaki/)

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> [“Arab' is the new four-letter word, didn't you know?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anissa-rafeh/arab-is-the-new-four-letter-word-didn-t-you-know/)

[Anissa Rafeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anissa-rafeh/)

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> [When I go to Beirut, I don't drive. It's traumatizing to drive there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/when-i-go-to-beirut-i-don-t-drive-it-s-traumatizing-to-drive-there/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

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> [“From cradle to grave, Talal sprinted through life. I never did see a life extinguished so abruptly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/from-cradle-to-grave-talal-sprinted-through-life-i-never-did-see-a/)

[Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/)

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> [“The local dealers were cutting their coke with crystal meth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-williams/the-local-dealers-were-cutting-their-coke-with-crystal-meth/)

[Edward Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-williams/)

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> [If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-ventura/if-you-tell-the-truth-you-don-t-need-a-long-memory/)

[Jesse Ventura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-ventura/)

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> [I sing 'Beirut' for what the city is for me, but I am also singing as an exile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/i-sing-beirut-for-what-the-city-is-for-me-but-i-am-also-singing-as-an/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

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> [I come from a specific area in Beirut where it's multicultural, and it's a culture that blends with multiple cultures - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reem-acra/i-come-from-a-specific-area-in-beirut-where-it-s-multicultural-and-it/)

[Reem Acra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reem-acra/)

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> [When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-kinnear/when-i-look-back-on-my-childhood-i-think-of-that-short-time-in-beirut/)

[Greg Kinnear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-kinnear/)

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> [Every time I go to Beirut, I see people and the quality of life going slowly from bad to worse, and from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmine-hamdan/every-time-i-go-to-beirut-i-see-people-and-the-quality-of-life-going/)

[Yasmine Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmine-hamdan/)

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> [Our fumbling government's response since Beirut - during both Republican and Democratic administrations - has been to cut and run, or to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hackworth/our-fumbling-government-s-response-since-beirut-during-both/)

[David Hackworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hackworth/)

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> [Since 2006, when the Second Lebanon War killed perhaps 2,000 Lebanese, many of them civilians, and led to the destruction of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/since-2006-when-the-second-lebanon-war-killed-perhaps-2-000-lebanese/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

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> [“That's when it hit me; my sunglasses were buried in the grave where my Talal lay. Yes, my sunglasses were buried with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/that-s-when-it-hit-me-my-sunglasses-were-buried-in-the-grave-where-my/)

[Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/)

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> [“In Beirut, death’s unremitting light shines bright for all to see, brighter than the Mediterranean sun, brighter than the night’s Russian missiles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabih-alameddine/in-beirut-death-s-unremitting-light-shines-bright-for-all-to-see/)

[Rabih Alameddine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rabih-alameddine/)

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> [Who imagined that what I said upon my departure from Beirut would become a reality, when I said the volcano and typhoon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasser-arafat/who-imagined-that-what-i-said-upon-my-departure-from-beirut-would/)

[Yasser Arafat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasser-arafat/)

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> [After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/after-the-allied-victory-of-1918-at-the-end-of-my-father-s-war-the/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/lebanon-was-at-one-time-known-as-a-nation-that-rose-above-sectarian/)

[Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/)

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> [There is a single theme behind all our work-we must reduce population levels. Either governments do it our way, through nice clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ferguson/there-is-a-single-theme-behind-all-our-work-we-must-reduce-population-2/)

[Thomas Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ferguson/)

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> [I would retire first. It's the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rocker/i-would-retire-first-it-s-the-most-hectic-nerve-racking-city-imagine/)

[John Rocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rocker/)

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> [I was born in Lebanon and emigrated to the U.S. and went back. I'd been raised in a French school in Beirut.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziad-doueiri/i-was-born-in-lebanon-and-emigrated-to-the-u-s-and-went-back-i-d-been/)

[Ziad Doueiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziad-doueiri/)

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> [As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/as-i-searched-the-atlas-for-somewhere-to-run-to-hugh-made-a-case-for/)

[David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/)

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> [“I should be in Beirut, I thought, working as a journalist, but another part of me was so wary of that old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-shadid/i-should-be-in-beirut-i-thought-working-as-a-journalist-but-another/)

[Anthony Shadid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-shadid/)

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> [“on page 149 of 476 on From Beirut to Jerusalem : " Kumohon pada setiap burung yang lewat untuk mengatakan kerinduan dan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/on-page-149-of-476-on-from-beirut-to-jerusalem-kumohon-pada-setiap/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/i-have-had-a-strong-and-a-long-relationship-on-national-security-i-ve/)

[John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/)

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> [“Beirut’s enduring lesson for me was how thin is the veneer of civilization, how easily the ties that bind can unravel, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/beirut-s-enduring-lesson-for-me-was-how-thin-is-the-veneer-of/)

[Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/)

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> [Many of Islam's apologists insist that suicide bombing is not Islamic because the Koran forbids suicide. Mmm-hmm. So where are all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-glazov/many-of-islam-s-apologists-insist-that-suicide-bombing-is-not-islamic/)

[Jamie Glazov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-glazov/)

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> [For Beirut it was the civil war, and the dividing of the city - which is something that is shared among Beirut,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamer-el-said/for-beirut-it-was-the-civil-war-and-the-dividing-of-the-city-which-is/)

[Tamer El Said](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamer-el-said/)

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> [“The US embassy in Beirut occupied an eighteen-acre tract of hillside in the predominantly Christian hamlet of Awkar, located approximately twenty minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-fulton/the-us-embassy-in-beirut-occupied-an-eighteen-acre-tract-of-hillside/)

[Matt Fulton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-fulton/)

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> [It was important for me to show that Beirut and Lebanon were once the pearl of the Middle East. Beirut was once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eran-riklis/it-was-important-for-me-to-show-that-beirut-and-lebanon-were-once-the/)

[Eran Riklis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eran-riklis/)

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> [I'd known the people at Rolling Stone for a while. I'd gone to them with a piece I'd done on Beirut for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-d-known-the-people-at-rolling-stone-for-a-while-i-d-gone-to-them/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [“In the long evenings in west Beirut, there was time enough to consider where the core of the tragedy lay. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/in-the-long-evenings-in-west-beirut-there-was-time-enough-to-consider/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [We runnin around in thousand-dollar clown suits, Better get some boots when Lucifer turn your city to Beirut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ras-kass/we-runnin-around-in-thousand-dollar-clown-suits-better-get-some-boots/)

[Ras Kass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ras-kass/)

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> [There was always a unique Beirut sound, it was always there, and so this time I just dove straight into that, instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/there-was-always-a-unique-beirut-sound-it-was-always-there-and-so/)

[Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/)

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> [Putting people in a room and strapping wires to their wrist to find out if I make them tingle when I'm telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-ellerbee/putting-people-in-a-room-and-strapping-wires-to-their-wrist-to-find/)

[Linda Ellerbee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-ellerbee/)

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> [Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-adie/hair-is-also-a-problem-i-remember-once-when-i-was-reporting-from/)

[Kate Adie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-adie/)

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> [“I wish I had lost an arm or a leg. It would have been much easier than losing a part of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeina-kassem/i-wish-i-had-lost-an-arm-or-a-leg-it-would-have-been-much-easier-than/)

[Zeina Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeina-kassem/)

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## Top authors on Beirut

- [Zeina Kassem 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beirut/zeina-kassem/)

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                        "text": "I would retire first. It's the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you're [riding through] Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing.",
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                        "text": "As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion was Beirut, where he went to nursery school. His family left there in the midsixties and moved to the Congo. After that, it was Ethiopia, and then Somalia, all fine places in his opinion. 'Let's save Africa and the Middle East for when I decide to quit living,' I said.",
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                        "text": "“on page 149 of 476 on From Beirut to Jerusalem : \" Kumohon pada setiap burung yang lewat untuk mengatakan kerinduan dan rasa cintaku kepadamu, untuk kemudian kembali membawa berita tentang orang-orang yang kucintai”",
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                        "text": "I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since Beirut, I understand the issues, I understand and appreciate the enormity of the challenge we face from radical Islamic extremism. I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time.",
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                        "text": "“Beirut’s enduring lesson for me was how thin is the veneer of civilization, how easily the ties that bind can unravel, how quickly a society that was known for generations as the Switzerland of the Middle East can break apart into a world of strangers. I have never looked at the world the same since I left Beirut. It was like catching a glimpse of the underside of a rock or the mess of wires and chips that are hidden inside a computer. Steven”",
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                        "text": "Many of Islam's apologists insist that suicide bombing is not Islamic because the Koran forbids suicide. Mmm-hmm. So where are all the Muslims gathering in mass demonstrations to vehemently condemn this practice that slanders their religion? Why does contemporary Islam promote 'martyrdom' as the highest duty of Muslims? Why are photographs of suicide bombers plastered everywhere in Beirut? Because Islam is what Islam does.",
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                        "text": "For Beirut it was the civil war, and the dividing of the city - which is something that is shared among Beirut, Berlin and Baghdad. And Cairo is a city that has a scar that was born after many decades of dictatorship - oppression shaped the people's lives, and forced people to grow up accompanied by fear. I belong to a generation that, whether we like it or not, was shaped by this fear of death or loosing the people you love, the threat of war, not allowed to be yourself, forced to be silent - as you watch ignorance occupying everything around you. And this is a deep scar.",
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                        "text": "“The US embassy in Beirut occupied an eighteen-acre tract of hillside in the predominantly Christian hamlet of Awkar, located approximately twenty minutes north of the city. It was the second site of the American diplomatic mission to Lebanon. In April of 1983, a truck bomb pancaked the central façade of the first embassy in Ibrahim al-Din’s grand entrance to the stage of international terror. And again in September of 1984, another truck bomb—sent by al-Din—inflicted massive damage to the Baaklini annex, which served as a daily reminder to Nina that he was still out there, lurking, somewhere in that warren of concrete and haze along the sea.”",
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                        "text": "It was important for me to show that Beirut and Lebanon were once the pearl of the Middle East. Beirut was once called the Paris of the Middle East and to have that feeling of a destroyed place that once was beautiful and glamorous and visually impressive was important. I think it's even sadder to get the feeling that this country, and indeed the whole Middle East, could have been a major force in the world if people would get together and forget about destruction, death and wars. But unfortunately, it's not happening yet.",
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