English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Juan Cole Quotes

For instance, I was a little surprised that the Shiites didn't rise up against Saddam and the Baath party across most of the country when the Americans moved in March and April of 2003.

Juan Cole

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Touched by an Angel We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life. Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fearfrom our souls. We are weaned from our timidity. In the flush of love's lightwe dare be brave. And suddenly we seethat love costs all we areand will ever be.... Maya Angelou
Sam Mendes quote: "As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very..."
As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate. Sam Mendes
I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works. Ann Beattie
The world concerns me only in so far as I have a certain debt and duty to it, because I have lived in it for thirty years and owe to it to leave behind some souvenir in the shape of drawings and paintings? not done to please any particular movement, but within which a genuine human sentiment is expressed. Vincent Van Gogh
Jay Kay quote: "Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the..."
Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait. Jay Kay
Robert Goulet quote: "I'm a performer. We don't retire."
I'm a performer. We don't retire. Robert Goulet
The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat. Edith Hamilton
He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself. J. K. Rowling
I've always felt like a kid, and I still feel like a kid, and I've never had any problem tapping into my childhood, and my kid side. Paul Reubens
Nikos Kazantzakis quote: "Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he..."
Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels. Nikos Kazantzakis
Henry Williamson quote: "Yet otters have not been hunters in water long enough for the..."
Yet otters have not been hunters in water long enough for the habit to become an instinct. Henry Williamson
I feel I owe you another explanation Harry," said Dumbledore hesitantly. "You may, perhaps, wondered why I never chose you as a prefect? I must confess...that I rather thought...you had enough responsibility to be going on with."Harry looked up at him and saw a tear trickling down Dumbledore's face into his long silver beard. J. K. Rowling
The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. Herbert Marcuse
John Gallagher quote: "We played for power and impact."
We played for power and impact. John Gallagher
We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not. Ray Kurzweil