East Quotes · Page 11

Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; who rules the World-Island controls the world.

— Anonymous

The Middle East with two thirds of the world's oil and lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies.

— Dick Cheney

When I was 18, I went to the East Coast of America, got mugged, and came straight home.

— Sue Perkins

Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the…

— Jimmy Connors

On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East.

— Elliott Abrams

Let us not forget the East Bank of the (River) Jordan, where seventy per cent of the inhabitants belong to the Palestinian…

— George Habash

It is right precious to behold The first long surf of climbing light Flood all the thirsty east with gold.

— James Russell Lowell

We need to unleash the military in unison with our partners in Europe and the Middle East to be effective.

— Jeb Bush

We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and…

— Thomas Bulfinch

The Middle East is a land of great injustice. The Israelis can claim - or wish to, at least - that Lord…

— Robert Fisk

I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and…

— Janis Ian

I certainly wasn't able to get it when I was a kid growing up on the Lower East Side; it was very…

— Martin Scorsese

The Knesset is in Israel, and the Western Wall is in Israel, and the sooner the Obama administration realizes this, the closer…

— Elliott Abrams

Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must…

— Nick Rahall

I was always the Doubting Thomas of the bunch, and I don't think I was convinced about the Allman Brothers until 'Fillmore…

— Gregg Allman

After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a…

— Anonymous

My favorite species to study would be Cobras and King Cobras which are two different families. They're very intelligent, and they're beautiful…

— Henry Rollins

Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the Middle East is to enhance…

— L. Neil Smith

Unless this [Barack Obama] American administration is willing to diverge from the conventional American policy in the Middle East by changing its…

— Ilan Pappe

The Surf Lodge has got to be seven or eight years I've been playing there, every summer. It's definitely one of the…

— Donavon Frankenreiter

Saddam's existing biological and chemical weapons capabilities pose a very real threat to America, now. Saddam has used chemical weapons before, both…

— Anonymous

After [Bill Shawn] was fired, I was going to the YMHA [Young Men's Hebrew Association] on the Upper East Side to do…

— Nat Hentoff

“Ujanja wote ulimwisha Murphy. Ilimbidi kutoboa siri ili adui asizidi kumuumiza. Alilaumu mno kufa wakati alishakula ng’ombe mzima. Alifikiri Mogens na Yehuda…

— Enock Maregesi

American mission in Iraq is clear: We're hunting down the terrorists. We're helping Iraqis build a free nation that is an ally…

— George W. Bush

Khan let Polo be his eyes and ears. He was the first one to build a bridge between East and West.

— Benedict Wong

The price of oil is rising because of all the unrest in the Middle East. And the unrest in Wisconsin is causing…

— Jay Leno

The creation of Physics is the shared heritage of all mankind. East and West, North and South have equally participated in it.

— Abdus Salam

We thank you [the soldiers recently returned from the middle east] for your service.

— Garrison Keillor

I make no apology for saying that in the East End of London a new party of labour, with a small L,…

— George Galloway

I am the bridge between the East and the West. I don't want to abandon one for the other.

— M.I.A

To be first in the Middle East is not enough. We must raise ourselves to the level of a great world power.

— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

Because I work with so many people on the east coast, I get some work done before I get the kids up.

— Marilu Henner

I think, for East and West, the first thing we need is a good grounding in basic Buddhadharma.

— Tenzin Palmo

“The Sage's Wish: Like Sun, from the East, may you continue to rise, smile and shine.”

— Ogwo David Emenike

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

— Ursula Burns

Per capita the East Germans drank more than twice as much as their West German counterparts.

— Anna Funder

To be always doubting your ability to get what you long for is like trying to reach east by traveling west.

— Charles Baudouin

It's a massive compliment to me to be known in Asia because Asia is the way forward in football, along with the…

— Timothy F. Cahill

Because the European does not know his own unconscious, he does not understand the East and projects it into everything he fears…

— Carl Jung

I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in…

— Madeleine Albright