Home / Quotes / Quote by Bashar al-Assad

Quote by Bashar al-Assad

“But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We'll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It's not only Syria. Because it will start in Syria.”

Quote by Bashar al-Assad

Author

Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, was born on September 11, 1965. He has been serving as the President since 2000 and is the third-generation leader of the Assad family. His presidency has been marked by political turmoil and conflict within Syria. more

You May Also Like

“The last song I recorded with [Hank Williams, Sr.] was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." I remember thinking, "Hoss, you're not just jivin'," because he was so weak that all he could do was sing a few lines and then just fall in the chair.”

Thinking World Country Lasts Remember Song Fall Lines Alive This World Weak Chairs Last Song Hank Williams

Author:Chet Atkins

“What Americans don't care much about is the piffle we put on TV these days, what they don't care about is boring, irrelevant, badly told stories, and what they really hate is the presumption that they're too stupid to know the difference.”

Knows Stories Care Hate Differences Stupid Tvs Don't Care Boring These Days Irrelevant Presumption

Author:Christiane Amanpour

“People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly.”

People Ifs Wells Stories

Author:Christiane Amanpour

“High buildings have no genuine advantages, except in speculative gains for banks and land owners. They are not cheaper, they do not help create open space, they destroy the townscape, they destroy social life, they promote crime, they make life difficult for children, they are expensive to maintain, they wreck the open spaces near them, and they damage light and air and view.”

Source: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

“...I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.”

Trying May Truth Lying Literature Church Moral Distinction Telling The Truth Academy Academia

Book:Skin: Talking About Sex, Class, and Literature

Source: Skin: Talking About Sex, Class, and Literature

“... survival is the least of my desires.”

Desire Survival

Book:Skin: Talking About Sex, Class, and Literature

Source: Skin: Talking About Sex, Class, and Literature

“It's more difficult getting up early in the morning when you're wearing silk pajamas.”

Humor Funny Difficult Morning Silk Up Early Pajamas

Author:Eddie Arcaro

“Stay busy and take care of your own business.”

Care Busy Take Care Own Business

Author:Eddy Arnold

“It is important to note that multiculturalism does not share the postmodernist stance. Its passions are political; its assumptionsempirical; its conception of identities visceral. For it, there is no doubting that history is something that happened and that those happenings have left their mark within our collective consciousness. History for multiculturalists is not a succession of dissolving texts, but a tense tangle of past actions that have reshaped the landscape, distributed the nation's wealth, established boundaries, engendered prejudices, and unleashed energies.”

“[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.”