Your stereotypical L.A. Persian kids were not working at Sbarro pizza in the mall, but I was. — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career. — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
I'm still ambiguously ethnic. I could be Persian - I could be anything. But I'm Italian and Jewish, so I'm a citizen… — Justin Baldoni Copy Share Image
Except for the projects in Israel, my being Israeli has contributed negatively to my global activity. It is hard for me, for… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“The only person who is going to buy that monstrosity with all it's marble and pillars is a Persian. Why did they… — Heather McDonald Copy Share Image
[The Persian Empire] left a dream of the Middle East as a unit, and a unit where people of different faiths could… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
I'm worried about the world because there's chaos in the Middle East, and I think the Iranian deal [to lift sanctions] is… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I personally object to the veil on aesthetic as well as other grounds; but I must admit that, for instance in the… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
I was nurtured on Greek Mythology and the classical epics. I lived and breathed Homer. Other mythologies - the Russian, the Norse,… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Initially I explored the tension between illustration and fine art when I first encountered miniature painting in my late teens. Championing the… — Shahzia Sikander Copy Share Image
Jalaluddin Rumi is completely rooted in Islamic teachings of Quran. He was a great scholar, he belonged to a madrassa, and he… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
“The two of us with our scrappy motor and no idea what was going to happen next, a Persian version of the… — Lois Pryce Copy Share Image
Themistocles replied that a man's discourse was like to a rich Persian carpet, the beautiful figures and patterns of which can only… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Using overwhelming air power to utterly and completely destroy ISIS. To put things in perspective, in the first Persian Gulf War, we… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Rumi is perhaps the greatest mystical poet who ever lived, one of the greatest poets of the Persian language. He was able… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Thank you very much for contacting me to express your support for the actions of President Bush in response to the Iraqi… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I was Persian-American, but I hated bringing Persian food to school. I just didn't want to stand out in that way. I… — Nahnatchka Khan Copy Share Image
Like all food, whether you're talking about Persian food, or Chinese food, or Swedish food, it's always a reflection of wars, trading,… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
“Criticize me all you wish,” he returned coolly, “but remember that you come to me because of the very actions you denounce.… — Jennifer McKeithen Copy Share Image
Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
Persian envoy "our arrows will black out the sun..." Dienekes of the Spartans.."Good, then we'll fight in the shade. — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The bulk of extra supplies that could be put into the market come from two places. One, they come from other Persian… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
Iran is barely over 50% Persian, and Arabs, Baluchis, Azeris, Kurds and many other groups feel left out of the society. That… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
The Persian Gulf crisis has forged a new world order in which the superpower adversaries of the Cold War now stand united… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Our aim is to gain control of the two great treasure houses on which the West depends: The energy treasure house of… — Leonid Brezhnev Copy Share Image
It's usually best not to ask philosophers anything, precisely because they have the habit of what in the Persian language is called… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
Whoever controls the flow of Persian Gulf oil has a stranglehold not only on our economy but also on the other countries… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The Persian's mind, like his illuminated manuscripts, does not deal in perspective: two thousand years, if he happens to know anything about… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
Persian cuisine is, above all, about balance - of tastes and flavors, textures and temperatures. In every meal, even on every plate,… — Samin Nosrat Copy Share Image
But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft… — Paul Cellucci Copy Share Image
She offered her mouth to him, as if enchanted. A Persian princess, a little Indian, a fox, a morning glory, a lovely… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
It was better to be in chains with friends than in a garden with strangers. [An ancient Persian proverb.] So true, huh? — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is… — Mohammad Javad Zarif Copy Share Image
Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
But why diminish your soul being run-of-the-mill at something? Mediocrity: now there is ugliness for you. Mediocrity's a hairball coughed up on… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The pursuit by the Iranian regime of nuclear weapons represents a direct threat to the entire international community, including to the United… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Persian pussy from over the sea demure and lazy and smug and fat none of your ribbons and bells for me ours… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image