Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matthew Simmons

The 'twilight' of Saudi Arabian oil envisioned in this book is not a remote fantasy.

Ethan Zuckerman

The U.S. media have done a shameful job of reporting on the Arab world.

Michael Scheuer

There's no quality control. You'll have guys out there with a smattering of Arabic drawing all kinds of crazy conclusions. Rush Limbaugh will cherry-pick from the right, and Al Franken will cherry-pick from the left.

John Perkins

The Treasury Department would use the interest from these securities to hire U.S. companies to build Saudi Arabia - new cities, new infrastructure - which we've done.

The timing was linked more to the trouble the U.S. administration is having with the domestic impact of high oil prices and the situation in Iraq rather than a deterioration of ties between Washington and the Arab World.

The United Arab Emirates today is a good friend and a good ally. After the events of 9/11, the government of the U.A.E. made a strategic decision to be on the right side of the issue and has cooperated with us very, very extensively on the war on terrorism and anti-proliferation.

Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority.

We don't view ourselves as a settlement. We view ourselves as a continuation of the Jewish dream, but the Jewish dream has an Arab minority.

This is the whole Arab world coming on board,

James Zogby

They recognized the Taliban, as did Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, because the United States wanted them to.

I hope ... I will be able to rally the Arab nations, the European Union, the United Nations and others around the proposition that we need to get to a cease-fire and get to a political discussion as soon as possible, ... Meet the Press.

Shimon Peres

I hope that he will do his best and be able to do something concrete on the ground, ... I'm sure the United States expects Israel to listen to Arab needs as well and that is what we are doing in a very open manner and fair way and I hope it will lead to some ... achievements.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

In Tunisia, where women have long enjoyed greater rights than many of their Arab neighbors, women pushed for and won a new electoral code that guarantees women will make up half of a candidates' list for office.

Apollonius of Tyana

In my travels, which have been wider than ever man yet accomplished, I have seen many, many wild beasts of Arabia and India; but this beast, that is commonly called a Tyrant, I know not how many heads it has, nor if it be crooked of claw, and armed with horrible fangs.

Matthew Simmons

In 2003 there was basically a chain-link fence around this incredible facility. What's worrisome is that the various bombings that have taken place in these complexes in Saudi Arabia so far have all had the markings of being an inside job.

In a civilized country the justice minister, attorney general and state prosecutor should have been immediately sent off. A week after they backed the decision, they are now trying to overrun the Arab public's will by using a dirty trick.

It has certainly reinforced the perception here that Arab investments can be singled out. It will have an impact on flows of funds.

Mark Johnson

I supported this effort because it was very important to bring a new generation of Arabs to the United States to better understand Americans and to promote closer people-to-people contact between the Middle Eastern countries and us,

Iraq will continue dialogue with any Arab government who wants dialogue, within the context of Arab integration, unity and independence,

Jalal Talabani

Iraq as part of Arab society follows Arab League's decisions,

Amr Moussa

If the peace process moves toward ... an imbalanced peace, the Arabs must stand in one line to prevent it,

If Saudi Arabia decides to disrupt the global economy, we'll still feel it, even if we're not buying from them.

Bill Clinton

If you look at what we did in our library -- we reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 34 percent, we reduced our electric bill by 34 percent, with more efficient lighting, more efficient heating, all kinds of conservation measures. We have over 300 solar panels which were made in America. So instead of sending money to Saudi Arabia or someplace else for oil we sent the money to an American manufacturing company to hire Americans to make solar panels. So it is good business.

Chris Cannon

If you compare the size of our reserves of Saudi Arabia and the whole Middle East, it's like three times as much as all of that combined and that's just the easily, readily available 1800 billion barrels and there are probably 3 billion barrels that are commercially just under that, available.

Ibrahim Sarsur

If you give your vote to them, a Jew will enter and an Arab will not. Islam has opened our hearts - this is our message.

In this sense, we haven't seen the U.N. do anything for us on the street. Just a little progress on this would make both us in Egypt, and people elsewhere in the Arab world, happy.

James Zogby

In this region, as well, in many places, workers, be they Palestinians or other Arabs or south Asians, are trapped in horrible conditions, denied justice and their basic humanity.

Craig Thompson

I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was Arabic calligraphy, which was instantly inspiring.

Nicholas Kristof

In effect, Saudi Arabia legitimizes fundamentalism, religious discrimination, intolerance and the oppression of women. Saudi women not only can't drive, but are also told by some clerics that they mustn't wear seatbelts for fear of showing the outlines of their bodies.

Peter Robertson

I'm not sure what Saudi Arabia needs in the United States is the oil companies standing up for it. I'm not sure we'd help you that much.

Donald Rumsfeld

Insofar as I am aware, we have gotten everything from Saudi Arabia that we have asked them to do. I have been in touch with the Saudi leadership, and there is no question they are our friends.

In our outlook we only have two million barrels per day of spare capacity, most of which will be in Saudi Arabia and most of which will be sour. We continue to see that as a pretty tight market.

Jack Lang

In novel after novel you have succeeded in making East and West meet, mixing Swift with the Arabian Nights... enriching the English language with your never ending creativity,