Bernard Lewis Quotes

The golden age of equal rights in Spain was a myth, and belief in it was a result, more than a cause, of Jewish sympathy for Islam. The myth was invented by Jews in nineteenth-century Europe as a reproach to Christians.

Bernard Lewis

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• I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Father
  • Want
  • Know

• To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.

  

  Bebe Moore Campbell
  • Writing
  • Point
  • Entertain

• I think I have a passion for playing the game. I love to play, and I want to play at a high level. You have to do the right things in order to continue at that level.

  

  Dan Marino
  • Love
  • High
  • Think

• It was always my dream to write for a living.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Dream
  • Always
  • Living

• It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident.

  

  Dakota Johnson
  • Women
  • True
  • Think

• If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Way
  • Step
  • British

• I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • People
  • Myself
  • Mentoring

• 'Grease' was my Broadway debut. That was eye-opening. At the same time, it was very familiar. It was a Broadway show, but it's kind of the same as doing a show in Minnesota. It's the same type of rehearsal process. You are doing 8 shows a week, but I worked at a theatre in Minnesota that did 11 shows a week.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Time
  • Theatre
  • Week

• Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Love
  • War
  • Stop

• Every sitcom needs their straight man or straight woman.

  

  Aarti Mann
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Straight

• I'm obsessed with brows, so Revlon's ColorStay Eyebrow Liner is a must, and the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Rendezvous is another obsession.

  

  Zoe Foster Blake
  • Just
  • Obsession
  • Stain

• From the employees' standpoint, in 1935, Social Security was a big gamble. Employees would be required to participate in the program, contributing a percentage of their income for their entire adult working life.

  

  Wayne Allard
  • Life
  • Security
  • Employees

• I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Government
  • Taxes
  • Sharing

• My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Mother
  • Understanding
  • Ignorance

• I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.

  

  Ben Harper
  • House
  • Ben Harper
  • Drum 'n' bass

• Something can happen in your life, and you might want and need something different from your spouse. Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down, and at that moment, you better start creating it; otherwise, you're going to lose out.

  

  John Travolta
  • People
  • Life
  • Different

• I think it is very important for any U.S. administration to be clear that America stands on the side of freedom and democracy and respect for individual rights.

  

  Stephen Hadley
  • America
  • Freedom
  • Respect

• I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little more discussion, and then you can have some fun after that.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Mind
  • Fun
  • Things

• Two polar groups: at one pole we have the literary intellectuals, at the other scientists, and as the most representative, the physical scientists. Between the two a gulf of mutual incomprehension.

  

  C.P. Snow
  • Two
  • Snow
  • Groups

• Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome.

  

  William Bligh
  • Strong
  • Travel
  • Summer

• The golden age of equal rights in Spain was a myth, and belief in it was a result, more than a cause, of Jewish sympathy for Islam. The myth was invented by Jews in nineteenth-century Europe as a reproach to Christians.

  

  Bernard Lewis
  • Belief
  • Rights
  • Christians