Best Turks Quotes

41 Turks quotes by 32 unique authors

The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian slaves. There are… — Dorothy Dunnett
We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our prime minister could embrace and forgive the people who killed our beloved sons and fathers, and so he should, but he could not, would… — Peter Carey
Turks have a dismissive phrase: he works like a clerk. I have turned this insult around: I am proud to say that I work like… — Orhan Pamuk
Here in Russia,, in many cities, people are irritated by Caucasian intrusion. Caucasians come from foreign countries; they are ubiquitous: in markets, shops, hotels, restaurants.… — Vladimir Zhirinovsky
As a nation, Kuwait has been, arguably, free of freedom itself. Claimed in turn by Constantinople, Riyadh, and Baghdad, Kuwait has survived by playing Turks… — P.J. O'Rourke
Turks have long admired the sultan, Mehmet II, for his military triumphs, especially his capture of Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, in 1453. — Stephen Kinzer
Celebrating historic triumphs is a favorite pastime for many Turks. Tales of how Turkic peoples emerged from Central Asia, crossed the steppes to Anatolia, established… — Stephen Kinzer
The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few peoples to fend… — Stephen Kinzer
One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class… — Orhan Pamuk
The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the Saudis and they tell me that these are not weapons… — Hans Blix
And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises, they showed… — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of retreat and humiliation… — Conrad Black
True satisfaction and true justice, in my belief, will only come for Americans, and for that matter now for Spaniards and Turks and Saudis and… — Richard Armitage
As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an immediate empathy with… — Ahmet Ertegun
We talk of the Turks, and abhor the cannibals; but may not some of them, go to heaven, before some of us? — Herman Melville

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