Famous Quotes & Sayings

Josh has served his country with honor and distinction in uniform, and he did a good job, a fantastic job, ... If Sept. 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we simply have to engage more with the Arab media. Josh clearly did a good job of engagement with their media.

Richard Engel

Hamas has long been Israel's enemy, but in the wake of the Arab Spring, the group is empowered like never before.

Queen Rania of Jordan

We need another revolution in the Arab world. We need an education revolution. If there's one thing we need to focus on, it's redesigning our educational systems.

We've been very satisfied and continue to be satisfied with our cooperation with Saudi Arabia with this matter.

Silvan Shalom

I think that this is the appropriate time for all the Muslim and Arab countries to reconsider their relations with Israel, ... I think that it will be a very positive signal to the Israeli public opinion and to the Palestinian public opinion that there are some fruits from this withdrawal from Gaza.

It is modernity at stake now. We must explain the distinctions between church and state, and between the press and the state, to our colleagues in the Arab world.

I am excited to share my experiences in Cairo. There has been steadily increasing contact with the Arab world by ordinary Americans who are trying to understand America's situation in the world context. I will be an intermediary between these Americans and the Arab world. I hope to ease confusion over what is presumed about Arab/Muslim culture and what is factual.

Other than the weather, and hurricanes, and refineries going down, and Saudi Arabia and Iran, and strong economic statistics, there really is no reason why crude oil prices should be so high. It must be speculation, don't you think?

In a civilized country the justice minister, attorney general and state prosecutor should have been immediately sent off. A week after they backed the decision, they are now trying to overrun the Arab public's will by using a dirty trick.

It has certainly reinforced the perception here that Arab investments can be singled out. It will have an impact on flows of funds.

Iraq will continue dialogue with any Arab government who wants dialogue, within the context of Arab integration, unity and independence,

Jalal Talabani

Iraq as part of Arab society follows Arab League's decisions,

His capture is extremely meaningful for Iraq and the Arab world, but as far as the U.S. consumer is concerned, it doesn't mean much.

If Saudi Arabia decides to disrupt the global economy, we'll still feel it, even if we're not buying from them.

Chuck Hagel

I really think that the proper role for Saudi Arabia or for any other country in the region is to help them, not critique them. And I've made that point very clear to countries in the region.

I hope ... I will be able to rally the Arab nations, the European Union, the United Nations and others around the proposition that we need to get to a cease-fire and get to a political discussion as soon as possible, ... Meet the Press.

Shimon Peres

I hope that he will do his best and be able to do something concrete on the ground, ... I'm sure the United States expects Israel to listen to Arab needs as well and that is what we are doing in a very open manner and fair way and I hope it will lead to some ... achievements.

Noam Chomsky

In much of the world, there is a sense of an ultra-powerful CIA manipulating everything that happens, such as running the Arab Spring, running the Pakistani Taliban, etc. That is just nonsense.

Noam Chomsky

In Egypt, on the eve of Tahrir Square, there was a major poll which found that overwhelmingly - 80-90%, numbers like that - Egyptians regarded the main threats they face as the U.S. and Israel. They don't like Iran - Arabs generally don't like Iran - but they didn't consider it a threat.

Hannah Simone

The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.

Richard Boucher

The embassy strongly urges all American citizens in Saudi Arabia to be especially vigilant when they're in any area perceived to be American or Western.

The growth was 5.5%. With the increase in oil prices, the Arab countries have accumulated foreign funds and have been able to invest more money in imports. The countries have grown due to oil.

Paul Wolfowitz

The Iraqi people are going to have a chance to show the whole world what Arabs are capable of.

Bashar Assad

The ultimate objective of all this is the destruction of Arab identity; for the enemies of the Arab nation are opposed to our possessing any identity or upholding any creed that could protect our existence and cohesion, guide our vision and direction, or on which we can rely in our steadfastness,

Silvan Shalom

These are optimistic times in the Middle East. The iron wall that has defined Israel's relations with most of the Arab and Muslim world for generations is coming down,

Robert Scott

and other rich Arab states must do more to help wipe out this global plague and terror.

And is Saudi Arabia a democracy, or Kuwait?

The geo-political risk premium and how it fluctuates is a key driver in the price of oil. Since the time Saudi Arabia objected to Iran's call to cut output and promised to provide more oil, the risk premium has declined.

Saad Hariri

this hopeless attempt to derail the investigation and the Lebanese and Arab public opinion.

Silvan Shalom

This is a historic move because it could lead other Muslim, Arab countries to understand that this is the right time to do this and to move their ties with us from darkness to light, ... After the Gaza pullout, the time is ripe also in the eyes of the public and it is also easier at the moment to do this than it was in the past.

All his experts have said to him as well as me it would take three years to do that, ... He didn't say that he was going to take up France and Germany on their offer to train them in Europe. He didn't say he was going to speed up the training in Arab nations where Americans have trained Arab forces.

Frank Lautenberg

All further relations with Saudi Arabia must be entirely contingent on the kingdom's progress cracking down, reigning in and snuffing out its terrorist problem. Deeds -- not words -- must be the benchmark of Saudi progress in solving the terrorist problem that threatens its society as much as it threatens our own.

All countries embraced some kind of change. So many parts of the world understood that this is a new world order, except the Arab world.