"The people suffering most from the Taliban were…" — Salman Rushdie
"The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans."
—
Salman Rushdie
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
482 Quotes by Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie has 482 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of…
-
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which,…
-
Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the…
-
There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
-
Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming.…
-
Good advice is rarer than rubies.
-
In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence…
-
For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.
-
A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but…
-
Free speech is life itself.
-
After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.
-
If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to…
See all 482 quotes by Salman Rushdie »
More Afghans Quotes
This quote is filed under Afghans Quotes,
one of 33 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world,…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
-
Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to…
— Barack Obama
-
The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak…
— Chris Hedges
-
The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
— Abu Bakar Bashir
-
Do we really think that the United States will have the protection of innocent Afghans in mind if it rains…
— George Lakoff
-
This is so like the way the Americans deliberately erroneously refer to Afghans and Iraqis as terrorists when they fight…
— Bob Barker
-
Luckily ... there were Zulus and Afghans, also the Dervishes in the Soudan. Some of these might, if they were…
— Winston Churchill
-
We have not ceased to insist that an Islam of tolerance is advantageous to all Muslims, for the Afghans and…
— Ahmad Shah Massoud
-
God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.
— Alexander the Great
-
There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting…
— Lakhdar Brahimi
-
May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of…
— Alexander the Great
-
A sea-green sky: lamps blossoming white. This is marginal land: fields of strung wire, of treadless tyres in ditches, fridges…
— Hilary Mantel
See all 33 Afghans Quotes »