"Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic……" — John Abizaid
"Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home."
More Arabic Quotes
- The rise to prominence of the Saudi novel in Arabic is the great man-bites-dog of recent world literature. Saudi Arabia… — James Buchan
- When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of… — Vince Cable
- I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know… — June Jordan
- During all the first part of the Middle Ages, no other people made as important a contribution to human progress… — Unknown Author
- Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom. — Umar
- I have never known what is Arabic or English, or which one was really mine beyond any doubt. What I… — Edward Said
- I vow that if I was just an Israeli civilian and I met a Palestinian I would burn him and… — Ariel Sharon
- MEMRI allows an audience far beyond the Arabic-speaking world to observe the wide variety of Arab voices speaking through the… — Richard Holbrooke
- I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim and there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim, nothing wrong with… — Malcolm X
- All the intelligence services of America and Europe know full well that the disastrous attack ( of 9/11 ) has… — Francesco Cossiga
- Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of… — Hunter S. Thompson
- The poor ignorant fellah [Arabic for peasant] does not worry about politics, but when he is told repeatedly by people… — Chaim Weizmann