Arabist Quotes

#1. My father was a Foreign Service officer, a diplomat and an Arabist who spent virtually all his career in the Near East, as it was called in the State Department. So I spent most of my childhood among the Israelis and the Arabs of Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Kai Bird

#2. As humans, we have evolved to compete ... it is in our genes, and we love to watch a competition.

Peter Diamandis

#3. Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.

George Santayana

#4. I can no longer pretend that I believe in God. It's highly possible that I lost this belief when I started having sexual relationships.

Catherine Millet

#5. I'm not crazy about having my picture taken. I'd rather talk my head off.

Nicole Holofcener

#6. In a cornball way, I think being a celebrity is about making a difference, too.

David Hasselhoff

#7. (I)t was Lady who saved my mother's life. Lady, who made it possible for her not only to walk away from my father, but also to keep going. Horses were my mother's religion. It was them she wanted to be with all those Sundays as a child, when she'd been made to put on dresses to go to mass.

Cheryl Strayed

#8. The Puritan has passed; the Catholic remains.

William H. O'Connell