west Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about west.
“Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.”
- Azar Nafisi
“The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.”
- Townsend Harris
“The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models.”
- Rem Koolhaas
“Come to West Virginia and we'll show you how to live... how to treat people. We're open for business. West Virginia is truly on the move.”
- Joe Manchin
“In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.”
- Youssou N'Dour
“Adele's amazing, I think the world of her and her music and I think Tinie Tempah is cool. To work with someone like Kanye West would be awesome.”
- Joe Jonas
“The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany.”
- Gordon Sinclair
“In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.”
- Youssou N'Dour
“Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.”
- Karen Armstrong
“There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle.”
- Tom Colicchio