Quotes About The Iranian Revolution

#1. In 1979, Dubai had learned a valuable lesson from the Iranian Revolution and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: trouble has its bright side.

Misha Glenny

#2. The Iranian revolution of 1906 gave Zoroastrians a seat in the country's parliament.

Gerard Russell

#3. The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.

Salman Rushdie

#4. One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.

James Buchan

#5. Gosh, it was nice talking to you, but I've got a lot of things I'd rather be doing. Like sticking my hand in the garbage disposal.

Becca Fitzpatrick

#6. It [Iranian Islamic Revolution] is perhaps the first great insurrection against global systems, the form of revolt that is the most modern and the most insane.

Michel Foucault

#7. Uncle Miles was napping in his seat, blithely and easily as a puppy on a rug.

Frances Hardinge

#8. If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarization and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country.

George Papandreou

#9. September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

Tom Ford

#10. I had a dream about you. It happened during the day. You used a pencil to erase the ink I wrote over the chalkboard since the professor told me 7 + 4 didn't equal 10. You were really cool about it; in fact, you handed me a bucket of ice. Apparently I needed to chill out.

Melody Sohayegh

#11. I know I experience great consolation when my mouth is between a woman's legs. I think it must be because I'm drinking in her happiness.

Jonathan Ames

#12. They found records and video-cassettes at their place, a deck of cards, a chess set. In other words, everything that's banned.

Marjane Satrapi