“Today President Obama is in the Middle East. He met the new king of Saudi Arabia. Obama also met Saudi Arabia's first lady, the second lady, third lady, and fourth lady.” FirstsTodayPresidentMiddleKingsMetsThirdsEastPresident ObamaMiddle EastFourthArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisFirst Lady Author:Conan O'Brien
“In the last 48 hours King Abdullah from Saudi Arabia passed away. I have a moral dilemma. The king passed away three or four days ago. Is it too soon to hit on Queen Latifah?” LastsThreeHoursMoralFourKingsQueensDilemmaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisPassed AwayMoral Dilemma48 HoursKing Abdullah Author:David Letterman
“If we don't have a more serious energy policy, the difference between a good day and bad day for America from here on will hinge on how the 86-year-old king of Saudi Arabia manages...change.” IfsYearsAmericaEnergyDifferencesPolicySeriousKingsManageGood DayBad DayArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHingesEnergy PolicyGood Days And Bad Days Author:Thomas Friedman
“King Fahd was also committed to the strong and trusting relations between France and Saudi Arabia. This old friendship, which began with an exceptional link established by General De Gaulle, took on a new dimension under his reign, helped by a shared vision of what was at stake regionally and internationally.” StrongVisionKingsRelationCommittedFranceDimensionsLinksStakesReignExceptionalOld FriendsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisOld FriendshipShared Vision Author:Jacques Chirac
“King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king. He led Saudi Arabia through a period of unparalleled progress and development.” MenVisionProgressCenturyDevelopmentKingsPeriodsInspiredQuartersArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisCountrymenGreat VisionQuarter Of A CenturyProgress And Development Author:Tony Blair
“The King had been a good friend of the government and the people of South Africa and we all mourn his passing with our brothers and sisters in Saudi Arabia.” PeopleGovernmentBrotherKingsSouthPassingPassingsSouth AfricaGood FriendBrothers And SistersMournArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Saudia Arabia takes in half a trillion dollars every year in oil revenue, and the country has a population smaller than New York state, but when your system of government is an eleventh century monarchy, someone's going to end up poor, and it's not gonna be the guy whose first name is King.” YearsFirstsEndsCountryStatesGovernmentGuyNamesPoorHalfCenturyNew YorkKingsDollarsPopulationOilRevenueMonarchyArabiaSystems Of GovernmentNew York State Author:Craig Ferguson
“If you're the King of Jordan, if you're a part of the royal family in Saudi Arabia and he's made this deal with Iran which gives them $150 billion to wage a war and try to extend their empire across the Middle East, why would you want to do it now? When I stand across from King Hussein of Jordan and I say to him, "You have a friend again sir, who will stand with you to fight this fight," he'll change his mind.” IfsWantGivingTryingMindMadeWarFightingDealsMiddleKingsEastBillionsEmpiresIranMiddle EastRoyalHusseinJordanArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisRoyal FamilyFriends Again Author:Chris Christie
“Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on gasoline prices. I guess there was some justice in that. When you, the president, after 9/11, tell the country to go shopping instead of buckling down to break our addiction to oil, it ends with you, the president, shopping the world for discount gasoline.” WorldGivingLittlesEndsCountryEnergyPresidentJusticeBreakKingsAddictionOilReliefShoppingInitiativeArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisGasolineDiscountsGasoline PricesKing Abdullah Author:Thomas Friedman
“Muhammad was, first of all, a Prophet of course, a beloved and lover of God, a father, an army commander, a judge, a ruler of a community, the King of Medina and later of Arabia, and all of these were combined in him and his destiny, the reason God brought him on earth, was to show how each of the functions which human beings have in life have the perfect form in the prophet.” FirstsHumansReasonShowsEarthFormCoursesFatherCommunityHuman BeingsPerfectDestinyJudgingKingsLoversFunctionArmyBelovedProphetRulersCommandersMuhammadArabiaMedina Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
“Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population, whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views.” TogetherViewsKingsWestSouthPopulationEastDialogueGuidanceArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisGet TogetherSupervisionKing Abdullah Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal
“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.” PeoplePoliticalStrongSocialKingsContractsStabilityVery StrongRulersRoyalBondageArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisRoyal FamilySocial Contract Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal
“You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people - 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.” PeopleKnowsBodyKingsSuccessionArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Al-Waleed bin Talal