28 Persian Quotes for You to Enjoy

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. Helen Keller

Nature Me Welcome Grass Luxurious Rug Carpet More Most Pine Persian Than Lush Needles

Persian social manners are well known, and there is no other society that can compete with them. Moshe Katsav

Manners Society Other Well Well Known Known Persian Social Them Compete

As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change. Al Gore

Buy Future Change Money Every Bit Ways Destroy Gulf Borrowing Civilization Throughout Said Years Persian Persian Gulf Human Oil Burn Human Civilization China Land Many

I've got 50,000 Facebook fans inside of Iran, and Facebook is banned in Iran. I think the people who follow 'Humans of New York' the most after New York City is Tehran. I have a really special affection for the Persian people because they've really taken to my work. Brandon Stanton

Work Facebook People Fans Affection Think Tehran City Inside Follow Taken New Most Because Got Iran Persian York New York New York City Banned After Really Special Who Humans

We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do. Fred Thompson

War Conflict Made Country Mistakes Past Say Would Gulf Gulf War Some Korean Were Ambiguous Persian Persian Gulf Times Where

I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf. George McGovern

War Would Gulf Primarily Opposition Campaign Persian Persian Gulf Plan Base

My living room has an oak-wood floor, Persian carpets, floor-to-ceiling bookcases, a large ficus and large fern, a fireplace with a group of photographs and drawings over it, a glass-top coffee table with a bowl of dried pomegranates on it, and sofas and chairs covered in off-white linen. Janet Malcolm

Coffee Group Living Drawings Photographs Table Dried Fireplace Over Over It Bowl Covered Persian Room Large Chairs Floor Coffee Table Living Room

We were impressed with the size and scope of the Persian Gulf as we traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan. Jon Porter

Gulf Were Scope Impressed Persian Persian Gulf Size Traveled Pakistan

I'm still ambiguously ethnic. I could be Persian - I could be anything. But I'm Italian and Jewish, so I'm a citizen of the world; that's what I prefer. Justin Baldoni

World Citizen Could Still Italian Persian Anything Prefer Ethnic Jewish

My orange Persian Mews hangs out with me while I write. Karen Robards

Me Out Write Persian Orange While

I read Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet, every day. Mary Oliver

Day Every Day Poet Every Read Persian

Your stereotypical L.A. Persian kids were not working at Sbarro pizza in the mall, but I was. Maz Jobrani

Kids Stereotypical Were Mall Persian Pizza Working Your

Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Truth God Thought Mirror Everybody Took Broke Poets Had Piece Fell Looked Pieces Greatest Said Persian Hands Who

I know I'm different. Even when I think about an acting career, there are so many limited roles to begin with. I have the ability to be Spanish, Indian, Italian, black, Persian. What roles do I see that compliment that? Mya

The entertainment industry isn't a line of work encouraged in the Persian culture. When I called my dad to say I wanted to quit medicine, there was about three minutes of silence. I'm not sure he knew what to do with himself! Nazanin Boniadi

But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel continue anti-terrorist operations in the Persian Gulf. Paul Cellucci

No Persian meal is complete without an abundance of herbs. Samin Nosrat

Meal Complete Abundance Without Persian Herbs

We are leading from behind under the Obama-Clinton doctrine - America's a great country. We need to stand up and start leading again, and we need to have allies, not just in Israel, but throughout the Persian Gulf. Scott Walker

When the Romans in the last age of the republic came into immediate contact with Iran as a consequence of the occupation of Syria, they found in existence the Persian empire regenerated by the Parthians. Theodor Mommsen

Age Immediate Syria Contact Empire Occupation Came Iran Existence Persian Romans Republic Found Last Consequence

In the 1950s, Pakistan allied with the United States in something called the Central Treaty Organization. We were lined up with, at that time, Iran, ruled by the Shah, and Pakistan and Turkey as a southward shield against Soviet expansion toward the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. It was part of the containment strategy. Wesley Clark

Time Organization Ocean Strategy Waters Ruled States Gulf Indian Something Allied Part Toward Shield Were Lined Iran Up Persian Expansion Persian Gulf Soviet Central Against Turkey Warm Pakistan United United States Treaty

A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and his corslet to put on before he can mount. Xenophon

Great Army Before Running Running Away Shackled Prevent Horse Horses Generally He Put Tied Housing His Subject Mount Persian Fix Being Happens Them Then Bridle Away Alarm Inconvenience

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