Istanbul Quotes

40 quotes by 29 authors

The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul - enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge on Islam. I… — Angela Carter
In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure,… — Lowell Thomas
We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed… — Steven Gerrard
To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must, first and foremost, be a… — Orhan Pamuk
Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me. — Pierre Loti
Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of Istanbul,… — Mary Schmich
I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected and our actions… — Jane Siberry
I found that the loudest fans in the world are in Istanbul. — Roger Waters
It was in Cihangir that i first learned Istanbul was not an anonymous multitude of walled-in lives - a jungle of apartments where no one… — Orhan Pamuk
Ä°stanbul is a magical seal which unites Europe and Asia since the ancient times. Without a doubt, Istanbul is certainly the most beautiful place of… — Gerard De Nerval
On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, Ä°stanbul,… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Beginning in 1939, there were events well to the east of Istanbul that seems to have started a progressive sequence to the west. The question… — Thomas Parsons
We spent a month in Japan last year, a week in Istanbul for the United Nations, and nearly three months in my native Nova Scotia,… — Robert MacNeil
I think perhaps it is a generational thing. I talk to younger people and they say, Where is this melancholy city you talk about My… — Orhan Pamuk
He was one of the masters of the thriller and he really was one of the great signposts, because he took the spy thriller out… — Frederick Forsyth
If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Ã‡amlÄ±ca of Istanbul. — Alphonse de Lamartine
I once stayed in a roach-infested hotel in Istanbul for a work trip. I had to share my room with a male model, and pointedly… — Jasmine Guinness
I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith, the teachings of… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
So you set out to travel to Rome... and end up in Istanbul. You set off for Japan... and you end up on a train… — Loreena McKennitt
Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same admiration. The whole world thinks… — Edmondo De Amicis

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