Arab Society Quotes

#1. Arab society revolves around the extended family.
No one had "no family." But Palestinians, who became scattered and
dispossessed following the Nakbe, proved so many exceptions to Arab
society.

Susan Abulhawa

#2. Even on days when every cinder in our soul feels cold, if we crawl to the Word of God and cry out for ears to hear, the cold ashes will be lifted and the tiny spark of life will be fanned. For 'the law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.'

John Piper

#3. My biggest fear is that the enlightened Arab thinkers are gong to leave the Arab world in search of fresh air: somewhere far away from the sword of the religious authorities.

Raif Badawi

#4. Everything depends upon how one is placed.

Soren Kierkegaard

#5. We firmly oppose the use of violence in the course of current transformations in Arab States, especially against civilians. We are well aware of the fact that the transformation of a society is a complex and generally long process, which rarely goes smoothly.

Sergei Lavrov

#6. Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

Ken Hill

#7. I thank God for the way he made you, distinct, special and unique. You were not made from a common mold.

Erwin W. Lutzer

#8. God softens harden heart into tender loving heart.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#9. We can not imagine that an Arab population forming more than 80 percent of the Iraqi society will allow the article reading that Iraq is part of the Islamic world instead of mentioning that we are part of the Arab nation, as if they want us to be linked to Iran and not to the Arab nation.

Saleh Al-Mutlaq

#10. To trace the history of a river ... is to trace the history of the soul, the history of the mind descending and arising in the body.

Gretel Ehrlich

#11. Living in a world where people measure their happiness by self-indulgence and decadence, Is like watching a whole society being pushed into the abyss of perpetual decay and aberrations.

Husam Wafaei

#12. So many people are accustomed to written information that you really have to have a few more bells and whistles in this day and age.

Chris Bell

#13. But if you act like you don't belong, if you act like you're apologetic for your own self, then people will start to treat you that way, too.

Hanya Yanagihara

#14. Aedion touched her shoulder. Welcome home, Aelin.

Sarah J. Maas

#15. It's a good thing I was born a girl, otherwise I'd be a drag queen.

Dolly Parton

#16. To be an actor in the society in Israel, you have to be ten times better than the Israeli Jews. To get the roles in mainstream theater or to get any role, not typecast as an Arab. And also if you are ten times better, not all the time you get the opportunity.

Ali Suliman

#17. Is there a phone I can use? (Talon)
In the kitchen. (Sunshine)
Could you please bring it to me? (Talon)
It's not cordless. I always lose those things or I drop them someplace and break them. The last one I had ended up drowning in the toilet. (Sunshine)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#18. In Arab Islamic society, it is traditionally taboo to criticize the lifestyle or personal philosophy of any practicing Muslim.

G. Willow Wilson

#19. The idea of photographing an Arab man naked and having him simulate homosexual activity, and having an American GI woman in the photographs, is the end of society in their eyes.

Seymour Hersh

#20. Big efforts should be made to integrate Israel's Arab citizens into the fabric of the Israeli society and the Israeli economy. That's really the key to any further progress to do with the Palestinians beyond Israel's borders.

Moshe Arens

#21. In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Henry Ward Beecher

#22. microwaves, and radio waves are too low-energy (and with

Kathy Wollard

#23. Love in the Arab world is like a prisoner, and I want to set (it) free. I want to free the Arab soul, sense and body with my poetry. The relationships between men and women in our society are not healthy.

Nizar Qabbani