quotes about Istanbul
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If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
-- Alphonse de Lamartine -
If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.
-- Alphonse de Lamartine -
The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul - enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge on Islam. I was so scared I had to crouch in the bottom of the boat when I saw it
-- Angela Carter -
Istanbul owes its extraordinary situation to Golden Horn, Marmara Sea and The Bosphorus.
-- Edmondo De Amicis -
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He was one of the masters of the thriller and he really was one of the great signposts, because he took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets of Istanbul and where it all really happened, ... The Day of the Jackal.
-- Frederick Forsyth -
Istanbul these days has as much dynamism as New York.
-- Genco GulanSource : "Istanbul Set to Stamp Its Culture Credentials" by Fiachra Gibbons, www.nytimes.com. June 13, 2006.
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Ä°stanbul is a magical seal which unites Europe and Asia since the ancient times. Without a doubt, Istanbul is certainly the most beautiful place of the world.
-- Gerard De Nerval -
I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected and our actions in Australia affect us in Istanbul, then we are all to blame and all to be healers. We can't blame lawyers anymore for the 'liability' vs. common sense imbalance.
-- Jane Siberry -
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I once stayed in a roach-infested hotel in Istanbul for a work trip. I had to share my room with a male model, and pointedly all we talked about was our other halves.
-- Jasmine Guinness -
So you set out to travel to Rome... and end up in Istanbul. You set off for Japan... and you end up on a train across Siberia. The journey, not the destination, becomes a source of wonder.
-- Loreena McKennitt -
In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he was so sure, and the man said, "When I pray to him, he ignores me."
-- Lowell Thomas -
If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte -
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The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community.
-- Otto Schily -
So far I had been travelling alone with my handbook and my Western Railway timetable: I was happiest finding my own way and did not require a liaison man. It had been my intention to stay on the train, without bothering about arriving anywhere: sight-seeing was a way of passing the time, but, as I had concluded in Istanbul, it was an activity very largely based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled.
-- Paul Theroux -
Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.
-- Pierre Loti -
We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster.
-- Steven Gerrard -
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Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West ...
-- Susan MoodySource : Susan Moody (1992). “Mosaic”, Dell Publishing Company
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Beginning in 1939, there were events well to the east of Istanbul that seems to have started a progressive sequence to the west. The question is, will the sequence continue further ... Unfortunately, we think the answer is yes.
-- Thomas ParsonsSource : " Istanbul advised to brace for major quake", www.cnn.com. April 28, 2000.
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Either I conquer Istanbul or Istanbul conquers me.
-- Mehmed the Conqueror -
I went to Istanbul. I spoke to blind people, most of whom had lost their sight suddenly. I asked them to describe the last thing they saw.
-- Sophie Calle -