Top 605 Quotes & Sayings by Lebanese Authors - Page 5

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.

Would you allow a people to come from somewhere else and occupy a part of the United States, and set up an independent state, and, after 50 years, you would not be able to stay on this land?

It's only normal for me to work with my family because I think they are talented and because there's a warmth when I'm working. As a filmmaker, sometimes you are very fragile. You are in a very fragile situation most of the time. I think it's important to be surrounded by people you just get along with.

Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.

My friends are my inspiration, and all of them are true friends that support me. On a daily basis, I know that I have my friends to rely on.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

I am not against Hezbollah as a political party, but it should not be the cause of the destruction of Lebanon.

The reasons why a player is better on one club than on another are many. I certainly am not an expert and can't explain.

This is something we're seeing more, especially with patients from outside of this country. They love body modification, they love having things done that we don't do in this country. For example, putting pubic hair on your eyelashes. What practitioner in this country would do something that ridiculous?

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

I am a tremendous fan of the HydraFacial treatment and am thrilled to have developed my Hydraglucan Intense Hydration Booster exclusively for use with the HydraFacial system.

With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available.

Growing up in Beirut, I used to go to the souks with my mother to buy fabrics... I understood fashion at an early age, and my first designs were when I was five.

Back in Kuwait, I had started listening to a lot of English language music: western music, I would say - Kate Bush and Radiohead - and I loved Chet Baker, Etna James, a lot of singers and a lot of bands.

I chose a specialty in plastic and reconstructive surgery because it's very rewarding to watch someone with broken bones or bad scars return to normal.

There is nothing more precious than our country.

Everybody out there should watch 'Botched.'

We have a diverse population and have to maintain that and keep religion away from politics.

I sing 'Beirut' for what the city is for me, but I am also singing as an exile.

Movements like Time's Up and #MeToo are putting the problems out there and creating conversations about the issues, and that's really how the healing process starts.

Music liberated me.

I want to work on cases that I feel the most passionate about.

The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.

Bolshevism may be Marxian in theory, but it is Hulagoesque in practice. It may be of European descent, but it is Oriental in tradition. Oriental in mood. Oriental in temperament.

Some alternative medicines work when the instructions are followed. But I always recommend seeing a medical professional.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

I'm not the typical doctor that gives patients what they want. I don't do that. I try to give them what I want as long as they're okay with that. I know what's going to match their face.

I love to live in a magical place.

The ones who were negotiating are now on the front line of this intifada, because they found that the negotiations didn't give them the minimum of their rights.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

The Arabic world was very interesting in the 1920s to '60s: there was something booming culturally, and I found my culture very desirable when I listened to these songs.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow.

I don't know exactly what kind of training musical theater actors get, but I never had that.

I didn't want to read French or write it; it was like a boycott, a rejection.

When I go to Beirut, I don't drive. It's traumatizing to drive there.

My agenda is not to reassure anybody outside Lebanon.

Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

In 1975, I left the burning city of Beirut for the quiet insanity of England. To say that short, frail and wispy 15-year-old me didn't fit in would be such an understatement as to be a joke.

However, they did not treat the reasons that led to this condition. I believe that the conditions in the Palestinian territories are alway capable of explosion because the same circumstances are there.

English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history.

I have three boys right now. Obviously, I would love a girl. But we're going to see what happens naturally.

A majority of the Syrian people believe in the regime and support Bashar al-Assad.

I believe that Palestine is an occupied land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, and this is the right of the entire Palestinian people, this land.

One of the things I enjoy most during the World Cup is watching a team improve, mature, and gel during the course of the tournament.

Lebanon is not only burning buildings and people crying in the street. When you say 'Lebanon,' especially to foreigners, that's the first thing they think of.

I have learned to do what I want without hurting anyone. I've learned how to get away with it, with everything. I'm getting away with what I'm trying to do on film but also in my own way.

Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.

The Middle Eastern woman is sophisticated; she is modern. She knows fashion more than anyone else, and she is really sexy, and she does know how to live fashion, and I think we can all learn from each other.

The Internet has empowered us. It has empowered you, it has empowered me, and it has empowered some other guys as well.

What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.

I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.

We are very serious about imposing weapons restrictions on the PFLP and other Palestinian groups operating from their camps in Lebanon.

As a plastic surgeon, I know the skin better than anybody because I see it in all the different layers.

Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.

I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.

Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.