Mecca Quotes - Page 2

• For a painter, the Mecca of the world for study, for inspiration, and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at it. No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Daughter, Brother, Stars

  "Fictional character: Jerry Mulligan". "An American in Paris", 1951.

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• Two young doctors - one from Harvard and the other from Dartmouth - invited me to go to Mecca in my husband's stead. And that is what helped put me back on track.

  Betty Shabazz

  Husband, Two, Doctors

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• So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Religious, School, Forget

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• Since I learned the truth in Mecca, my dearest friends have come to include all kinds - some Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, agnostics, and even atheists! I have friends who are called capitalists, Socialists, and Communists! Some of my friends are moderates, conservatives, extremists - some are even Uncle Toms! My friends today are black, brown, red, yellow, and white!

  Malcolm X

  Christian, Atheist, Buddhist

  "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Book by Malcolm X, Alex Haley, p. 375, 1965.

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• When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.

  Joni Mitchell

  California, World, Young

  "Joni on Point". Interview With Nic Harcourt, www.latimes.com. June 7, 2009.

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• Disney World has acquired by now something of the air of a national shrine. American parents who don't take their children there sense obscurely that they have failed in some fundamental way, like Muslims who never made it to Mecca.

  Simon Hoggart

  Children, Air, Parent

  Simon Hoggart (1990). “America: A User's Guide”, HarperCollins

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• I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.

  Jeff Abbott

  Moving, Thinking, Creative

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• I do not believe there is an atheist in the world who would bulldoze Mecca-or Chartres, York Minster or Notre Dame, the Shwe Dagon, the temples of Kyoto or, of course, the Buddhas of Bamiyan.

  Richard Dawkins

  Atheist, Believe, Kyoto

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• There was no racism; there was no problem [in Mecca].

  Malcolm X

  Racism, Problem, No Problem

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

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• When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Mohammed, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Medina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message.

  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

  House, Next, Messages

  "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan". www.red-lines.co.uk. May 1997.

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• I am looking forward to continue my career in Orange & Blue and to work with Phil Jackson, a champion who builds championship teams. Madison Square Garden is the mecca of basketball and I am surrounded by the greatest fans in the world.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Basketball, Team, Garden

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• After eating a hundred mice, the cat makes a hadj to Mecca.

  Shauna Singh Baldwin

  Cat, Guilt, Eating

  Shauna Singh Baldwin (2011). “The Tiger Claw”, p.309, Vintage Canada

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• What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind.

  George Edward Woodberry

  Book, Men, Race

  George Edward Woodberry (1910). “The Inspiration of Poetry”

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• There is one Islam, unreformed, but three sets of Muslims. Medina, Mecca, and. Dissidents, reformers, whatever you want to call them. The first group are the extremists and fundamentalists, the second the great mass of Muslims who just want to live their lives in peace, and the third are reformers.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Islam, Groups, Three

  "The Interview: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on reforming Islam". Interview with Brian Bethune, www.macleans.ca. April 13, 2015.

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• Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah Mohammed. In 1959, he went throughout the Holy City of Mecca to dine and wine with Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and all of the black, mainly the rulers of the Islamic countries.

  Muhammad Ali

  Country, Islamic, Wine

  Source: thefederalist.com

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• My mother has been to Mecca to perform her hajj; my dad hasn't. I come from a very liberal family, so even the people who are outwardly religious tend to subscribe to gender equality, the importance of open-mindedness, all that stuff. My family is generally nonprescriptive.

  Mohsin Hamid

  Mother, Religious, Dad

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Do not consider any act of service as demeaning. Sweeping the streets, for example, is not below your dignity. Do you not sweep the floor of your homes? Do you not scrub and wash off dirt? When you undertake such tasks, the villagers will also gladly share in them. Why feel ashamed to be good? The ridicule that may be cast on you has been the reward of many saints. It will soon fade away. Muhammad was driven out of Mecca by those who could not appreciate his teachings. Jesus was crucified. But their names resound in the heart of millions.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Jesus, Teaching, Heart

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• There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed fourteen hundred years ago by the Prophet all the time he was in Mecca.

  Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  Years, Prophet, Hundred

  "A Man to Match His Mountains: Badshah Khan, Nonviolent Soldier of Islam". Book by Eknath Easwaran, 1984.

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• Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

  Dan Brown

  Faith, Religious, Jesus

  Dan Brown (2009). “Angels & Demons - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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• The television anchorman Dan Rather turns up in rag-top native drag in Afghanistan, the surrogate of our culture with his camera crew, intrepid as Sir Richard Burton sneaking into Mecca.

  Lance Morrow

  Anchorman, Media, Cameras

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• The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.

  Raquel Cepeda

  Land, Republic, Holy

  Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.259, Simon and Schuster

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• I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God - much the way a non-Catholic might go to Vatican City because of the beauty of the buildings and the artifacts.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Cities, Catholic, Mosques

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• Interpretations of Muslim assimilation have gravitated between two arguments: that Muslims will remain as permanent outsiders or that Muslims will blend in with little difficulty at all. Mucahit Bilici demonstrates how wanting these arguments are. Finding Mecca in America takes us into the uncharted territory of what it is actually like to be Muslim immigrants in the United States. I am especially impressed by the study's theoretical depth and empirical insights.

  Robert Wuthnow

  Two, America, Depth

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• When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didn't come from anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism, a dynamic hub of wealth and education, where people wear three-piece suits and dark socks, often simultaneously.

  Bill Bryson

  Growing Up, Dark, Thinking

  Bill Bryson (1989). “The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America”, p.5, VNR AG

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• Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about the integration of minority and immigrant groups along the way. This is an important work and a joy to read.

  Eboo Patel

  America, Joy, Important

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