quotes about Persian
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Without my relatives, I am but a thread; together, we form a colorful and elaborate Persian carpet.
-- Firoozeh DumasSource : Firoozeh Dumas (2007). “Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America”, p.103, Random House
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I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.
-- George McGovern -
The worst Persian voluptuary could never have imagined my most ordinary day.
-- Lew Welch -
I personally object to the veil on aesthetic as well as other grounds; but I must admit that, for instance in the suburbs of American cities, I have often seen women attired more sloppily than our Persian women normally are.
-- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi -
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Persian social manners are well known, and there is no other society that can compete with them.
-- Moshe KatsavSource : "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.
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Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.
-- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston -
The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must.
-- Mohammad Javad Zarif