“The wealth of the state is as wide as the sea, and he who does not eat of it is a pig.” Quote by Turkish Proverb
“The vulgar Turk is very different from what is spoken at court, 'tis as ridiculous to make use of the expressions commonly used in speaking to a great man or lady, as it would be to talk broad Yorkshire or Somershetshire in the drawing room.” LanguageTurkishTurkTurkeyTurkicOttoman EmpireOttoman Author:Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
“Rarely has the West in its quasi-totality taken up such a persistent and negative image of a people (the Turks).” TurkishTurkTurkeyTurkicTurksThe West Author:Stéphane Yerasimos
“Reform isn't easy, and for me dress is the most important symbol of it, all revolutions must be takes as a whole, we've got to complete the mission.” RevolutionReformTurkishDressTurkTurkeyTurkicTurks Author:Özden Toker
“Strictures and prohibitions availed nothing. The fatwas, the talk, made no impression on the people. One coffeehouse was opened after another, and men would gather together, with great eagerness and enthusiasm, to drink coffee... such things do not admit of a perpetual ban.” CoffeeTurkishTurkTurkeyTurkicOttoman EmpireOttomanCoffeehouse Author:Kâtip Çelebi
“It is impossible to hide any more of his (Turkmenbashy) pure hypocrisy, the absence of elementary norms of political and diplomatic behavior, the insidiousness and cruelty in relation to the people and the spreading of an atmosphere of fear.” TurkTurkicTurkmenistanTurkmenTurkmenbashySaparmurat Niyazov Author:Boris Sheikhmuradov
“All this will pass in a few years, when the people no longer depend on me. The Turkmens have always bowed to something; once it was fire, then Islam, then Marx... the people have to believe in something.” TurkTurkicTurkmenistanTurkmen Author:Saparmurat Niyazov
“They started conquering the world, then they over-stretched themselves and they collapsed. Today's Turkish people are those who left the territory of modern Kazakhstan and settled in the country where they live now. When we meet each other, we always remember this.” TurkishTurkTurkeyTurkicKazakhstanTuranKazakhTurkestan Author:Nursultan Nazarbayev
“Spirituality is a magnet, and a magnet affects iron, not wood or stone; similarly, faith and devotion are like iron for whoever possesses them. Spirituality touches the believer, not the unbeliever.” Spirituality Author:Ehsan Sehgal
“Eat well before you entertain your guests.” ProverbTurkTurkicKazakhstanTuranKazakhTurkestan Author:A Kazakh proverb