Clash Of Civilisations Quotes

#1. So here we have it. The equivocating distinction between civilisation and savagery, between the "massacre of innocent people" or, if you like, "a clash of civilisations" and "collateral damage". The sophistry and fastidious algebra of infinite justice.

Arundhati Roy

#2. I think subsuming political and economic conflicts into some grand 'clash of civilisations' theory or 'the West versus the rest' binary is a particularly insidious form of ideological deception.

Pankaj Mishra

#3. It is no wonder that the late Edward Said, in an article for the Nation which approved in the aftermath h of 9/11, derided the 'clash of civilisations' as a 'clash of ignorance' (The nation 22 October 2001)!

Giorgio Shani

#4. Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between Islam and the west. But a radical minority of Muslims firmly believes that Islam is under siege, and is committed to winning the holy war it has declared against the West.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#5. As a cultural product of both 'East' and 'West', I do not believe there is a fundamental basis for a clash of civilisations, or that the West is the cause of all problems.

Ahmed Zewail

#6. What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them.

Pim Fortuyn

#7. This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition.

Polly Toynbee

#8. We had a dialogue coach. She helped us with our T's.

Rupert Grint

#9. I have one abiding religion-human liberty.

Wole Soyinka

#10. We've finally told the world that this is sports entertainment, and I think one of the best forms of entertainment is anything that's fun or funny, something that you really enjoy watching or listening to.

Jerry Lawler

#11. As much as it hurts, I would rather miss someone than hit someone.

Brian Celio

#12. Ah, how true it is that we love ourselves too much and proceed with too much human prudence, that we may not lose an atom of our consideration! Oh, what a great mistake that is! The Saints did not act thus.

Teresa Of Avila

#13. We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.]

William Whewell

#14. I've always felt a confidence in what I do from the simple fact that I know I represent my own life.

Lazarus Of Bethany

#15. Philosophically speaking, shadows of people are friendlier than people themselves because they come together very easily!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#16. When there is a fight of reason versus emotion and the mind wonders which one to follow, in most times, emotion wins over reason. But it is reason that should win and emotion shouldn't.

Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb

#17. I traveled the world as a DJ, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a producer.

Al Walser

#18. His hands framed her face again, his amber eyes alive with love, with tenderness. "I want to make a vow to you. I'll love you with everything in me. I'll bring you as much happiness as I can give you. But I cannot allow your death, not at my hands. You're more important than I am.

Christine Feehan

#19. About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work.

Paulo Coelho