Cairo Quotes

32 quotes by 30 authors

My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron. — Augusten Burroughs
Sometimes when she is able to spend the night with him they are wakened by the three minarets of the city beginning their prayers before… — Michael Ondaatje
Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter? — Dashiell Hammett
The other thing that troubled me: Dad was clutching his workbag. Usually when he does that, it means we're in danger. Like the time gunmen… — Rick Riordan
When rivers flooded, when fire fell from the sky, what a fine place the library was, the many rooms, the books. With luck, no one… — Ray Bradbury
Yes,' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist and with a thick open hand struck the… — Dashiell Hammett
There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer… — Jehane Noujaim
My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond their… — Mohamed ElBaradei
Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that stretches back generations… — Shereen El Feki
An Egyptian newspaper once publicly identified me as the C.I.A. station chief in Cairo. It seemed so stupid at the time. I was only 24,… — Richard Engel
My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo. — Arabella Weir
Some of the things that I know, will be in your next Bible. When I die, go bury me and my notebook in Cairo. — Rakim

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