The Quotations Quiz

Quotations Quiz

Name: Hashim Alhammadi                                                                                      Name:  Abdulla Alhosani

 

Cultural Views

 

Speaker	Quote	Meaning
Dwight D.Elsenhower	A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.	If society feels that are entitled to things instead of working for them that they will lose sight that they need to work support the system that provides them with these privileges
ML King Jr.	All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.	He’s describing life as a network which is connected all together which makes everyone involved in it by force, even if each person pretend to be living an individual life by himself he is still at the end of the day is a part of this big network which is our world
Sheik Zayed	A country without a past, has no future.	Any country that doesn’t value its past, can’t appreciate its present or future. This country, thanks to God, has a rich past, does well for now and its expected future.
Amin maalouf	Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices.	Having strong believes of an opinion, group, thought or a rule puts you sometimes in a difficult situation where you have to fight for this specific believe with those who’s against it who also have different believes
Ghandi	A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people.	All the outside parts our culture comes from what we value inside.
Amin malouf	Traditions deserve to be respected only insofar as they are respectable – that is, exactly insofar as they themselves respect the fundamental rights of men and women.	A respectful tradition comes from the people. If each gender will respect the boundaries and admit the rights of each and the other the outcome will be a respectful life.
ML King Jr.	I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land	God doesn’t care about skin color. God cares about freedom for everyone.
Desmond Tutu	My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.	All of us are seeking for the same love and peaceful life and it only can spread by sharing it with each other and that what makes us human
Frank Borman	rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work.	Looking at the earth from space, one wonders why we can’t get along decently.
Pablo Casals	The love of one’s country is a splendid thing, but why should it stop at the border?	Extend your love to the horizon and don’t make it stop where you think it should, a person can never love enough or get enough love. Spread the love starting by yourself, your family, your country, other people, other traditions other countries till the end of the world.
DD. Eisenhower	A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.	If people of the world can’t get along, nothing will work.
Sheik Zayed	Many countries go to war and then towards reconciliation. The history of mankind is full of stories of wars between people and states that have come together after fighting for long. Why can't Arabs be like them?	Arab countries go to war and the problem with each other remains for long time and same time it doesn’t finish.
ML King Jr.	I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.	People in future will not be Judged by their skin color, they will be judged by their behaviors.
Amine malouf	For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at them that may set them free.	A person can affect another by just the way they look at them, which means if I treat you good you will give well. If I put you down that’s the way you’ll value yourself.