In his brilliant new book Pankaj Mishra reverses the long gaze of the West upon the East, showing modern history as it… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world,… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus Copy Share Image
The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion… — Kelly Miller Copy Share Image
Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, an event occurred that permanently changed the world. Because of that event, history was… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
A basic ingredient in the manufacture of perfume, the attar-a heavy, pale-yellow oil stored in small metal drums-had been put up as… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
Perhaps the rhinos and she-crocodiles whose gyrations between Mortimer's and East Hampton gives us our vision of social eminence today are content… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
If you had said to anyone in 1945, at the end of the Second World War with the continent it ruins, that… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
My explosiveness, I really couldn't show it at UCLA. It's still there. It's always been there. It was not a lot of… — Shabazz Muhammad Copy Share Image
The United States has kept the peace through our alliances. Donald Trump wants to tear up our alliances. I think it makes… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I worked at the original Coyote Ugly bar when I was a young, unpublished writer. Then later when I became a writer,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
This and the small sample size inevitably leads to stereotypes - sweeping family sagas from India, 'lush' colonial romances from South-East Asia.… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Do you know that Yahya Khan's first victim was not to have been Mujib [ Rahman] but myself? Many people in my… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
We need an honest bottom line. Today that bottom line is vastly subsidized. If anyone of us were paying the full cost… — Ray Anderson Copy Share Image
In the States, you have the First Amendment. People feel the freedom to speak and the right to be heard. And they… — Mohammed Saeed Harib Copy Share Image
Freedom is on the march in this world. I believe everybody in the Middle East desires to live in freedom. I believe… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
It could well be argued that the continuing rights abuses of the present Iraqi regime, if it is allowed to survive, will… — Frederick Forsyth Copy Share Image
Controlled Middle East oil, it would control the world. This oil represents 65 percent of world oil reserves. Therefore, America believes if… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
A great day in New York would be to wake up, get a cup of coffee and head up to Central Park… — Emmanuelle Chriqui Copy Share Image
Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go there, and… — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
ISIS is a radical jihadist group that is increasingly sophisticated in its ability, for example, to radicalize American citizens, in its inability… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
When I ask the young people from California why they want to go to New York, and the ones from the East… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We have to adopt a wider perspective, and always find common things between the people of north, east, south, and west. Conflict… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Life's too short when you find yourself sitting in a car for four hours every day trying to get from East L.A.… — Garrett Hedlund Copy Share Image
I acknowledge the four elements. Water in the North; incense to recognize the air in the East; flowers for the earth in… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
Perhaps the new dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises; and then, unvanquished Man will retrace… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I trust Angela Merkel, she is a very open person. She is also subject to certain constraints and limitations. But she is… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We can see beyond the present shadows of war in the Middle East to a new world order where the strong work… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would… — Carson Daly Copy Share Image
I'm lucky to live in New York, a city that offers so many options for lunch. I can pick up dumplings from… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
The very first time I did standup, I went to an open mike on the Lower East Side at a place that… — Jessi Klein Copy Share Image
So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
Each Middle East country has their own unique kinds of challenges; but the fundamentals, the desire for democracy and freely elected governments… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I was born in New York but grew up between Switzerland, where my mom is from, and Tunisia, where my dad is… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
Because I first made my name as a rapper claiming South Central L.A., people often assume I'm strictly a West Coast cat.… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Women are outperforming men in almost every sphere of life in our society and the women of East Indian ancestry are no… — Kamla Persad-Bissessar Copy Share Image
After I made my tour in the Middle, into the Middle-East and Africa and visited Mecca and other places, I think that… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
[Tikka Khan] went to East Pakistan with precise orders and came back by precise orders. He did what he was ordered to… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
![“I worked at the original Coyote Ugly bar when I was a young, unpublished writer. Then later when I became a writer, I wrote an article about it for GQ. Disney read this article about this filthy, disgusting pit in the East Village [of New York City], where we used to set the bar on fire to get…” quote by Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a85/elizabeth-gilbert-131_articles_i-worked-at-the-original-coyote-ugly-bar_1915039.jpg)
![“Do you know that Yahya Khan's first victim was not to have been Mujib [ Rahman] but myself? Many people in my party were in prison, and at the end of 1970, November 5, 1970, to be exact, he had said to Mujib, "Should I arrest Bhutto or not?" Look, the only reason why he reversed his schedule was…” quote by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/867/zulfikar-ali-bhutto-13955_bhutto_do-you-know-that-yahya-khan-s-first-vict_1794523.jpg)
![“Controlled Middle East oil, it would control the world. This oil represents 65 percent of world oil reserves. Therefore, America believes if it squashed Iraq, it would control the oil of the Middle East and consequently hold the oil in its hands [and] fix its price the way it likes.” quote by Saddam Hussein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/767/saddam-hussein-8524_america_controlled-middle-east-oil-it-would-cont_655377.jpg)
![“After I made my tour in the Middle, into the Middle-East and Africa and visited Mecca and other places, I think that the separation [ from the Black Muslim movement] became psychological as well as physical, so that I could look at it more objectively and - and separate that which was good from…” quote by Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee4/malcolm-x-213_black_after-i-made-my-tour-in-the-middle-into_929291.jpg)
![“[Tikka Khan] went to East Pakistan with precise orders and came back by precise orders. He did what he was ordered to do, though he wasn't always in agreement, and I picked him because I know he'll follow my orders with the same discipline.” quote by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c80/zulfikar-ali-bhutto-13955_agreement_tikka-khan-went-to-east-pakistan-with-pr_1417480.jpg)
