Cairo Quotes

32 quotes by 30 authors

The embassy in Cairo put out a statement after their grounds had been breached. ... An apology for America's values is never the right course.… — Mitt Romney
The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become... We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with the U.S. supporting… — Gaylord Nelson
Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated...to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international… — Abba Eban
When I lived in South Africa, someone told me what the longest road in Africa is. It's not the road from Cairo to Capetown, it's… — Bert Hellinger
I am convinced that our people are now on the way to establishing a Palestinian state. The agreement signed in Cairo is the first step… — Yasser Arafat
Space is about 100 kilometers away. Thatâ€™s far awayâ€”I wouldnâ€™t want to climb a ladder to get thereâ€”but it isnâ€™t that far away. If youâ€™re… — Randall Munroe
A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with it. When we… — David Ben-Gurion
I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying… — Paul Wolfowitz
The Nile, draining out into the Mediterranean. The bright lights of Cairo announce the openingÂ of the north-flowing riverâ€™s delta, with Jerusalemâ€™s answering high beams… — Chris Hadfield
A religious college in Cairo is considering issues of nanotechnology: If replicators are used to prepare a copy of a strip of bacon, right down… — Charles Stross
I wish I could attribute the absence of any conventional Arab offensive in the last 20 years to a change of political climate or a… — Victor Davis Hanson
In 1491 the Inka ruled the greatest empire on earth. Bigger than Ming Dynasty China, bigger than Ivan the Greatâ€™s expanding Russia, bigger than Songhay… — Charles C. Mann
Fred Astaire. Not a handsome man. He said himself he couldn't sing. He was balding his whole life. He danced like a cheetah runs with… — Sebastian Barry
All writing is by the grace of God. People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad. In these sentences… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Egyptians undergo an odd personality change behind the wheel of a car. In every other setting, aggression and impatience are frowned upon. The unofficial Egyptian… — Tony Horwitz
Each new Clarice, compact as a living body with its smells and its breath, shows off, like a gem, what remains of the ancient Clarices,… — Italo Calvino
My contemplation of life and human nature in that secluded place [cell 54 of Cairo Central Prison] taught me that he who cannot change the… — Anwar Sadat
I am an Egyptian Muslim, educated in Cairo and New York, and now living in Vienna. My wife and I have spent half our lives… — Mohamed ElBaradei
I miss aspects of being in the Arab world - the language - and there is a tranquility in these cities with great rivers. Whether… — Zaha Hadid
From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in… — Dan Rather

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