Yacoubian Quotes

#1. It became clear to her that all men, however respectable in appearance and however elevated their position in society, were utter weaklings in front of a beautiful woman. - The Yacoubian Building, p. 42

Alaa Al Aswany

#2. Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around that?

Shandy L. Kurth

#3. Broken families not only affect the people involved, but they have an impact on public policy decisions in Washington, D.C., and state capitols around the nation.

James Lankford

#4. The more New Yorkers like something, the more disgusted they are. The kitchen was all Sub-Zero: I want to kill myself. The building has a playroom that makes you want to break your own jaw with a golf club. I can't take it.

Tina Fey

#5. Every show is unique, some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it's due. I am the latter.

Elizabeth Meriwether

#6. The choking humidity makes amphibians of us all, in Bombay, breathing water in air; you learn to live with it, and you learn to like it, or you leave.

Gregory David Roberts

#7. I interview every employeeand I have 3000 employees. It's an obsessive sickness.

Stephen Starr

#8. We glorify Christ when we live for God - trusting, loving, and obeying Him.

Billy Graham

#9. Aspire to Inspire before you Expire!

Eugene Bell Jr.

#10. Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Dean Inge