Arabic Quotes

75 quotes by 70 authors

The most basic barrier was language itself, very few Americans in Iraq whether soldiers or diplomats or news paper reporters could speak more than a… — Dexter Filkins
Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (.....) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a great service by… — Denys Johnson-Davies
Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers
I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to… — Tahar Ben Jelloun
Speak any language, Turkish, Greek, Persian, Arabic, but always speak with love — Rumi
I feel pretty stupid that I don't know any foreign languages. I wish I knew French or Arabic or Chinese. — Bill Gates
Talk to Allah in your own language with your heart fully present. Allah doesn't need you to rhyme or speak arabic. — Omar Suleiman
Today, only about 1% of the World Wide Web is written in Arabic. — Marissa Mayer
Ive got Arabic music in my blood. — Stewart Copeland
Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, but Arab culture is not the culture of Islam. — Tariq Ramadan
I listen to a lot of alternative types of music: I listen to a lot of Chinese music, I listen to a lot of Asian… — Timbaland
Present-day Spain translates as many books into Spanish, annually, as the Arab world has translated into Arabic in the past 1,100 years. — Martin Amis
I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world. — Brian Eno
I have a good Muslim friend who comes over to my house. Good guy; reads the Qur'an in Arabic. He comes over to my house… — Lee Strobel
But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling. — John Abizaid
Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort… — Etgar Keret
A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me. — Nadine Labaki
I don't speak Arabic - I know a little to get by, but that's all. — Laura Poitras
A lot of people they donâ€™t know that Africans even named the stars, that different peoples, different so-called native peoples, have their own names for… — Gayl Jones
One of the interpreters hired by CBS for the Dan Rather/Saddam Hussein interview adopted a phony Arabic accent. You know, maybe CBS should have hired… — Jay Leno

Who Wrote These Arabic Quotes

70 authors contributed a total of 75 Arabic Quotes, led by these top contributors: