Mecca and Medinah is a very special place in the hearts of every Muslim but particularly for every Afghan. — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
“This is Zemzem near Mecca. According to this, however, Hagar headed into the Arabian Peninsula rather than toward Egypt.” — Abraham Ibn Ezra Copy Share Image
... Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, two publications read more faithfully in Hollywood than the Koran is in Mecca. — Jack Paar Copy Share Image
I grew up in Vancouver, which is a pretty liberal, gay Mecca of the West coast. There's San Francisco, and then there's… — Avan Jogia Copy Share Image
Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
For a painter, the Mecca of the world, for study, for inspiration and for living is here on this star called Paris.… — Alan Jay Lerner Copy Share Image
Although I was born in Idaho and now live in New York, I definitely identify with the European aesthetic. Paris is my… — Dree Hemingway Copy Share Image
What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
Four years after the death of Justinian, A.D. 569, was born at Mecca, in Arabia the man who, of all men exercised… — John William Draper Copy Share Image
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I was afraid of Korean food when I moved to L.A., let alone sushi. I remember thinking either sink or swim. Living… — Parvesh Cheena Copy Share Image
The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The problem is sitting in the birthplace of Islam, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where this interpretation of Islam has gone out into… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Do not consider any act of service as demeaning. Sweeping the streets, for example, is not below your dignity. Do you not… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and the overwhelming spirit of true brotherhood as is practiced by people of all colours… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
When I was in Mecca I noticed that their, they had no color problem. That they had people there whose eyes were… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front… — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
By looking upon themselves as human beings, their whiteness to them isn't the yardstick of perfection or honor or anything else. And,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in… — Robert Wuthnow Copy Share Image
Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds -- some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“It’s funny how you doubt yourself through and through, when the sun and the moon are parabolically on a pilgrimage, encircling the… — Curtis Tyrone Jones Copy Share Image
A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, Florida is a mecca for the shyster element, and there are apparently no rules on the kinds of advertising a lawyer… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
My favorite sexual position is when the girl is facing Mecca and I am fighting off a wolf. — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California. — Morris Chestnut Copy Share Image
Each morning I face her window and pray that our love can be, cause that brownstone house where my baby lives is… — Gene Pitney Copy Share Image
The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just… — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
I don't come from a wealthy or privileged background, and growing up I was always looking for the best quality at a… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
“He tells about his Sudanese roommate at Georgetown who owned a prayer rug with a compass to find Mecca built right into… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
I was training in Gleason's Gym on 30th and 8th Avenue, where it was the Mecca of boxing, and a guy walked… — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
I am looking forward to continue my career in Orange & Blue and to work with Phil Jackson, a champion who builds… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
Two young doctors - one from Harvard and the other from Dartmouth - invited me to go to Mecca in my husband's… — Betty Shabazz Copy Share Image
I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
I could see from this, that perhaps if white Americans could accept the Oneness of God, then perhaps, too, they could accept… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
