Quotes by Egyptian authors

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"We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or the dangers of weapons of mass destruction"

Hosni Mubarak, Statesman

"We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others"

Feisal Abdul Rauf, Theologian

"If there is one Osama bin Laden now, there will be 100 bin Ladens afterwards"

Hosni Mubarak, Statesman

"Egypt is going through difficult times and we cannot allow it to carry on"

Hosni Mubarak, Statesman

"An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage"

Hosni Mubarak, Statesman

"When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"Two hundred and fifty mummies covered in gold. Something like this cannot be explained - mummy after mummy covered in shining gold"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"Well, I think we still have to verify whatever declaration we will get and make sure that it is comprehensive and accurate. So, that would take care of the past activities"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"Investors have few spare tires left. Think of the image of a car on a bumpy road to an uncertain destination that has already used up its spare tire. The cash reserves of people have been eaten up by the recent market volatility"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

"My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"I am just a person who is human, down to earth enjoying life... whatever god blesses you with. Enjoying life for me is just normal"

Mohamed Al-Fayed, Businessman

"I think we still have a chance if we continue with our work, if Iraq provides full cooperation, we should still be able to avoid a war"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"Everybody has to chip in, I think, and see how we can have a functioning system of collective security where we do not continue to face the threat of countries trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction or particularly nuclear weapons"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"The most important thing is God's blessing and if you believe in God and you believe in yourself, you have nothing to worry about"

Mohamed Al-Fayed, Businessman

"Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"I think it is fair to say that it is under a great deal of stress, and if I am asking for significant changes, it is because the world is going through significant changes"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

"Investors should be cautiously positioned as the global economy and markets face major uncertainties. The downgrade will be a further headwind to growth and job creation in the U.S"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

"I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"I am damn good. I am doing all this for Egypt and nothing else. I reject 70 per cent of media interviews while these people who accuse me are running after them"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"Because in the New Normal you are more worried about the return of your capital, not return on your capital"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

"America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

"This is one of the factors that also made me very much want to make this film, apart from the fact that I loved it. If the boy hadn't been Jewish and the man hadn't been Muslim, it wouldn't have made any difference to the film. I don't think it's relevant, really"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it"

Omar Sharif, Actor

"Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"It's very important to reveal the mystery of the pyramid. Science in archaeology is very important. People all over the world are waiting to solve this mystery"

Zahi Hawass, Scientist

"We now have the right to have immediate, unfettered access to any site in Iraq and we have the right to interview people, both inside and outside Iraq"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward"

Mohamed ElBaradei, Scientist

"It is hard to imagine that, having downgraded the US, S & P will not follow suit on at least one of the other members of the dwindling club of sovereign AAAs. If this were to materialise and involve a country like France, for example, it could complicate the already fragile efforts by Europe to rescue countries in its periphery"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

"For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

"The world is on a bumpy journey to a new destination and the New Normal"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

"Most people are under exposed to global assets, including foreign stocks, bonds and currencies"

Mohamed El-Erian, Businessman

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