23 Egyptians Quotes for You to Enjoy

Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go. Erma Bombeck

It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best record of their history written by local writers. John Henrik Clarke

Best History Local Has-Been Record Writers Written Adventurers Missionaries Been Foreigners Left Egyptians Africa The History Of Unfortunate Much Conquerors

We can't understand when we're pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time - like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children. Anne Lamott

Time History Generation Humor Our Earth Only Shared Genes Pyramids Like Understand How Were Blood Expecting Egyptians Children Younger Pregnant Younger Generation Means Actually Profound Here Sibling

For the Chinese, the Greeks, the Mayans, or the Egyptians, nature was a living totality, a creative being. For this reason, art, according to Aristotle, is imitation; the poet imitates the creative gesture of nature. Octavio Paz

Art Nature Creative Poet Gesture Living Imitates Imitation Totality Aristotle According Greeks Egyptians Being Chinese Reason

When Mohamed Morsi was elected president of Egypt in 2012, many in the country, including me, were hopeful that he would become a democratic president for all Egyptians - not only for the Muslim Brotherhood. Ahmed Zewail

Me Country Become President Muslim Hopeful Would Brotherhood Only He Democratic Were Egypt Egyptians Elected Many Including

Shortly after Sisi was elected, his administration announced cuts of 'subsidies' on natural gas and energy consumption and lowered those for bread and other goods. Such action was taboo during the Mubarak and Sadat presidencies for over half a century, but Sisi was able to convince Egyptians he was taking necessary action. Ahmed Zewail

Natural Half Energy Action Other Those Administration Able Taboo He Consumption Taking Over Announced Goods His Subsidies Egyptians Bread After Energy Consumption Natural Gas Century Cuts Elected Mubarak Convince Lowered Gas Necessary

Under Nasser, Egyptian nationalism was built on little more than pan-Arab irredentism and anti-Western and anti-Israeli sentiment. Mr. Mubarak retained these powerful brainwashers and allowed the rise of a religious component to further alienate Egyptians from liberal and democratic thinking. Andre Aciman

Nationalism Sentiment Thinking Liberal Alienate Further Religious Component Rise More Allowed Powerful Democratic Built Than Egyptian Egyptians Little Mubarak

The Egyptians saw the sun and called him Ra, the Sun God. He rode across the sky in his chariot until it was time to sleep. Copernicus and Galileo proved otherwise, and poor Ra lost his divinity. Ashwin Sanghi

It no longer counts as remarkable that Egyptians organized their uprising on social media. Barton Gellman

Social Media Remarkable Longer Counts Uprising Egyptians Social Organized Media

In the imperfect records left of the anatomy of the ancient Egyptians, no trace of any knowledge of the spleen can be ascertained. Henry Gray

Knowledge Anatomy Ancient Records Imperfect Trace Left Any Egyptians Ascertained

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft. Honore de Balzac

Man Father Become Would Would-Be Rather He Longer Leads Know Baker His Than Curious Craft Egyptians Succeed Among Compelled

The situation is not about Hosni Mubarak, but the reality is now about Egypt, its present, the future of its sons, all Egyptians are in the same trench, therefore, we should continue our national dialogue That have already started in the spirit of groups but not enemies. Hosni Mubarak

Citizens, the priority now is to recover trust between the Egyptian - amongst the Egyptians and to have trust and confidence in our economy and international reputation and the fact that the change that we have embarked on will carry on and there's no going back to the old days. Hosni Mubarak

Confidence Change Trust Old Will Reputation Back Our Embarked Carry Citizens Fact Recover Between Days Economy Priority Going Egyptian Egyptians Old Days International Now Amongst

If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece of cloth. Issey Miyake

History You Single Back Ancient Throughout Look Most Piece Making Cultures Very Egyptians Cloth Clothing Premise Basic Started

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back. Mohamed ElBaradei

Freedom Confidence Back Way Tasted Egyptians Grown

We Egyptians reject any kind of assault or insult against our prophet. Mohammed Morsi

Our Kind Prophet Insult Any Egyptians Against Assault Reject

Virtually any pointed edifice is considered a candidate for alien engineering. After all, how could the Egyptians or Mayans have possibly stacked up stone blocks into pyramids? Seth Shostak

Alien Engineering Virtually Considered Possibly Could Pointed Pyramids Edifice How Blocks Up Stone Any Candidate Stacked Egyptians After

As an Egyptian, I was always frustrated, just like many young Egyptians, of the situation in the country. And to a large extent, we didn't know what could we do. And looking at Khaled's photo after his death; basically I just felt that we are all Khaled Said. Wael Ghonim

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. Noam Chomsky

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