Top 272 Quotes & Sayings by Saudi Arabian Authors - Page 2

Iran believes that before Imam Mahdi reappears, it must prepare a fertile ground for him and that it must control the Muslim world.

I'm not an extremist. And I disagree with Saudis who are calling for regime change and stuff like that.

I have left my home, my family, and my job, and I am raising my voice. To do otherwise would betray those who languish in prison. I can speak when so many cannot.

It's true that robust governance structures, checks and balances, transparency of markets, directionally leads to... less vulnerability to corruption.

I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.

We are not a failed Arab republic, so we should not fear Arab Spring. We should embrace Arab Spring. That's what I hope Saudi Arabia will do.

Everyone should have the freedom and opportunity to shape their own destiny.

We are a G20 country. One of the biggest world economies. We're in the middle of three continents. Changing Saudi Arabia for the better means helping the region and changing the world. So this is what we are trying to do here. And we hope we get support from everyone.

The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain, imposed not by external actors but through domestic forces vying for power.

I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.

Ethics to me is very important.

Resource-rich nations should not ignore efficiency simply because energy is abundant.

The Trump administration always says it wants to correct Obama's mistakes. It should add his mishandling of Arab democracy to its list.

To be in the privileged position where I am able to give something back is, for me, perhaps the single most important measure of success.

We want to lead normal lives, lives where our religion and our traditions translate into tolerance, so that we coexist with the world and become part of the development of the world.

We will support anything to stabilize the oil demand and supply.

Repression and intimidation are not - and never should be - the acceptable companions of reform.

The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events. More important, we need to provide a platform for Arab voices.

I always found it ironic when a Saudi official bashes Islamists, given that Saudi Arabia is the mother of all political Islam - and even describes itself as an Islamic state in its 'Higher Law.'

You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.

Neom will have a lot of ports, some of them in Saudi Arabia and some of them in Egypt.

The United States should propose partition in Syria. Assad can keep what he controls, and the rebels can form local governments and establish a new entity.

Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.

The people who deserve and need subsidies are those who are on average incomes and less.

I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide.

The government of Dubai, as much as it is a government, it is a corporation.

I never dwell on what I've personally achieved.

Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.

In Saudi society, women are extremely respected. I never had an issue with that at all.

I just want to be a free writer. I think I am serving my country and my people by providing an independent narrative.

It's not Neom's duty to create jobs for Saudis. Neom's duty is to be a world hub for everyone in the whole world.

Sometimes, I myself, even though I'm in Washington, I go quiet because there is so much intimidation around me.

We will not waste 30 years of our lives dealing with extremist ideas; we will destroy them today.

We are glad to tie up with a humanitarian organization, which is being promoted by Prince Abdul Aziz. This partnership will greatly help in assisting needy renal-failure patients by supplying them equipment, medicines and other medical supplies, while encouraging and supporting scientific research.

I didn't see a woman drive until I visited my sister and brother-in-law in Tempe, Ariz., in 1976.

The core principle of Wahhabism is anti-diverse.

The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years. But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.

If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. We can't just pick and choose where we impose and accept the U.N. resolution and don't accept them. U.N. Resolution 242 is very clear and states very clearly that Israel has to go back to the borders of the pre-war of 1967.

There is a natural link between the effective running of my businesses and the effective direction of philanthropic funds. I apply business principles to my philanthropic work so that maximum value is given to the causes I support.

When women break that taboo and they're not afraid to drive that car by herself - that's it. Now she has the guts to speak up for herself and take action.

One could imagine a day when empowered and experienced representatives of liberated areas will sit with the regime's representatives and work to negotiate to reunify a more democratic Syria.

Righteousness is on our side.

I think that Saudi women are very powerful. And I think that Saudi men are the greatest support to Saudi women.

I am severely dyslexic, so I'm not the person who can do a lot of typing, writing and mathematics. I don't excel in anything except in things that had to do with creativity and things with my hands. I like to build things and take things apart.

My publication, 'The Post,' has taken the initiative to translate many of my pieces and publish them in Arabic. For that, I am grateful. Arabs need to read in their own language so they can understand and discuss the various aspects and complications of democracy in the United States and the West.

We represent the moderate teachings and principles of Islam.

For me, driving - or the right to drive - is not only about moving from A to B; it's a way to emancipate women. It gives them so much liberty. It makes them independent.

I'm telling you, you can't compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.

The expectation that 'Trump as president' will be starkly different from 'Trump as candidate' is a false hope at best.

In the event of war, probably Saudi Arabia will facilitate some certain logistics to make the operation easier for the United States, but actually, the United States does not need Saudi territories to launch a war against Iraq.

My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.

I'm all for diversity - but diversity for deserving people.

Every life - regardless of background or gender - has equal value.

I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now.

The Saudi ideal of a woman is a religious mother who rarely ventures out: She shouldn't work with men, she should be completely covered, and she shouldn't go out alone to run errands.

On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.

The idea is not to restructure the economy as much as to seize the opportunities available that we didn't address before.

The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.

Everyone knew that Saleh and the Houthis were a marriage of convenience. He was a dictator; the Houthis are ideologues who want to impose their fundamentalist vision. Neither cared for the core values of the Arab Spring - representative, accountable governance.

There will not be any investment or movement or growth in any region of the world without the voice of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.