Arabia Quotes - Page 2

• Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Book, Tactics, Tests

  T. E. Lawrence (2015). “Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Myth (Complete Autobiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters): Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Memoirs of the Arab Revolt) + The Evolution of a Revolt + The Mint (Memoirs of the secret service in Royal Air Force) + Collected Letters (1915-1935)”, p.552, e-artnow

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• I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.

  Dave Eggers

  Home, People, Mountain

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• Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Lions, Clubs, Clown

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• The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Ocean, Desert, Oar

  "Fictional character: T. E. Lawrence". "Lawrence of Arabia", www.imdb.com. 1962.

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• We have to fight radical Islam wherever it exists. It’s in Afghanistan, it’s in Saudi Arabia, throughout the Middle-East in big numbers and it’s in the United States.

  Tom Tancredo

  Easter, Fighting, Numbers

  "An Interview With Congressman Tom Tancredo (R – CO)". Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 2012.

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• Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

  Christine Baranski

  Lawrence Of Arabia, Cinematic, Ultimate

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• I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.

  James Lee Burke

  Writing, Littles, Might

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• I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Views, Followers, World

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• I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.

  Brendan Fraser

  Independent, Mean, Looks

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• The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.

  Barbara Boxer

  Hurt, Rights, Government

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• All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

  The Seven Pillars of Wisdom suppressed introductory chapter (1926).

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• It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.

  Barbara Boxer

  Running, Office, Vote

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• So, I think even in Saudi Arabia there is movement. And we have to remember that over the years they've stabilized the oil price and that is tremendously important for the economies of the world. I think we have no choice but to work with the government of Saudi Arabia.

  Frank Carlucci

  Thinking, Government, Years

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• Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.

  Keith Henson

  Suicide, Growth, Population

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• Do not try and do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not win it for them.

  T. E. Lawrence

  War, Winning, Hands

  T. E. Lawrence (2015). “Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Myth (Complete Autobiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters): Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Memoirs of the Arab Revolt) + The Evolution of a Revolt + The Mint (Memoirs of the secret service in Royal Air Force) + Collected Letters (1915-1935)”, p.954, e-artnow

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• For some men, nothing is Written unless they Write it.

  Omar Sharif

  Writing, Men, Written

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• Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage, and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution.

  Alec Guinness

  War, Men, Vices

  "Fictional character: Prince Faisal". "Lawrence of Arabia", 1962.

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• I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city.

  Themistocles

  Cities, Littles, States

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• The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.

  T. E. Lawrence

  Weapons, Modern, Printing

  T. E. Lawrence (2015). “The Collected Works of Lawrence of Arabia (Unabridged): Seven Pillars of Wisdom + The Mint + The Evolution of a Revolt + Complete Letters (Including Translations of The Odyssey and The Forest Giant)”, p.766, e-artnow

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• Making Saudi Arabia a world judge on women's rights and religious freedom would be like naming a pyromaniac as the town fire chief.

  Hillel Neuer

  Religious, Fire, Rights

  "UN-real: Saudi Arabia, China among nations vying for seats on Human Rights Council". www.foxnews.com. October 22, 2013.

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• You know, in Saudi Arabia, you're innocent until proven Jewish. Female. Guilty! They're guilty!

  Jon Stewart

  Female, Guilty, Innocent

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• Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism.

  Julian Assange

  Feminism, Sweden, Saudis

  "Definition of paranoia: supporters of Julian Assange" by Nick Cohen, www.theguardian.com. June 23, 2012.

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• India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.

  Rahul Gandhi

  Oil, People, India

  YouTube Chanel "Ina Media"/ "Rahul Gandhi: India is going to be 21st century Saudi Arabia", www.youtube.com. October 11, 2012.

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• If hemp could supply the energy needs of the United States, its value would be inestimable. Now that the drug czar is in final retreat, America has an opportunity to, once and for all, say farewell to the Exxon Valdez, Saddam Hussein and a prohibitively expensive brinkmanship in the desert sands of Saudi Arabia.

  Hugh Downs

  Farewell, Opportunity, America

  ABC News, November 1990.

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• We hear about the successful "Texanisation" of the Republican party. And doesn't Texas sometimes seem to resemble a country like Saudi Arabia, with its great heat, its oil wealth, its brimming houses of worship, and its weekly executions?

  Martin Amis

  Country, Texas, Oil

  "Palace of the end" by Martin Amis, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2003.

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