Persian Quotes
72 quotes by 67 authors
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Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more support indirectly to…
— Paul Cellucci
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But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel…
— Paul Cellucci
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Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the…
— Alexander the Great
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We're on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It's a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
— Bob Hope
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I have just been given a very engaging Persian kitten... and his opinion is that I have been given to him.
— Evelyn Underhill
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The Persian Gulf crisis has forged a new world order in which the superpower adversaries of the Cold War now stand united to reverse Iraq's…
— George H. W. Bush
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The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend,' and 'I…
— Shusha Guppy
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If we want energy security, then we have to reduce our appetite for fossil fuels. There's no other way. Other issues may crowd the headlines,…
— Robert Redford
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Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or anywhere…
— George J. Mitchell
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The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian savior…
— Joseph Campbell
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The world can therefore seize the opportunity (the Persian Gulf crisis) to fulfill the long held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations…
— George H. W. Bush
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I don't really think of most non-English as people, more or less indigenous squirrels that I fancy to kick around with my snakeskin French Persian…
— Thom Yorke
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To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.
— Edith Wharton
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Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes. It is said…
— Herodotus
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I would support a Presidential candidate who pledged to take the following steps: ... At the end of the war in the Persian Gulf, press…
— George McGovern
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For the Persian poet Rumi, each human life is analogous to a bowl floating on the surface of an infinite ocean. As it moves along,…
— Bill Viola
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The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapor, soot and flame,…
— Johann Joachim Becher
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The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before the…
— Joseph McCabe
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Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.
— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
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The bulk of extra supplies that could be put into the market come from two places. One, they come from other Persian Gulf suppliers, of…
— Daniel Yergin
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