Quotes by Jerusalem I regard this conclusion as coming in the same sort of category, of historical probability so high as to be virtually certain, as the death of Augustus in AD 14 or the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70 N. T. Wright jerusalemhistoricalfall The resurrection proclamation could not have been maintained in Jerusalem for a single day, for a single hour, if the emptiness of the tomb had not been established as a fact. Paul Althaus jerusalemeasterfacts Born in Jerusalem, Wadie Said went from being a dragoman to a salesman in the United States and thence to a hugely successful businessman in Egypt. Penelope Lively egyptjerusalemsuccessful Jews have always yearned for Jerusalem, from which they'd been exiled many times, but they also yearned for each and every one of the countries where they had been persecuted and where their ancestors once lived and are still buried. Phyllis Chesler buriedjerusalemcountry Last Vegas is a counterfeit version of the New Jerusalem. And it shares something of the glorious reality that it mocks. Richard J. Mouw vegasjerusalemreality I always wanted to open a delicatessen in Jerusalem and call it 'Cheeses of Nazareth'. Sandi Toksvig nazarethjerusalemfood I knew very well that I could not stay. Everything collapsed. Everything in my life just collapsed, and it started with the kidnapping of three teenaged settlers and then judging the life - the young Palestinian from Jerusalem. That was the day that I decided that I have to go now. Sayed Kashua jerusalemthreejudging But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem. Shmuel Yosef Agnon jerusalemborn After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. Shmuel Yosef Agnon jerusalempossessionreturn I returned to Jerusalem, and it is by virtue of Jerusalem that I have written all that God has put into my heart and into my pen. Shmuel Yosef Agnon jerusalemvirtueheart It is not being in Jerusalem, but living a good life there that is praiseworthy. St. Jerome good-lifejerusalemchristianity What has Athens to do with Jerusalem. Tertullian athensjerusalem There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today. Thomas Merton shepherdsjerusalemchristmas We considered ourselves Jordanian until the Jews returned to Jerusalem. Then all of the sudden we were Palestinians – they removed the star from the Jordanian flag and all at once we had a Palestinian flag. Walid Shoebat jerusalemflagsstars There was a time when I liked a good riot. Put on some heavy old street clothes that could stand a bit of sidewalk-scraping, infect myself with something good and contagious, then go out and stamp on some cops. It was great, being nine years old. Warren Ellis jerusalemclothesyears The Gospels were written in such temporal and geographical proximity to the events they record that it would have been almost impossible to fabricate events. Anyone who cared to could have checked out the accuracy of what they reported. The fact that the disciples were able to proclaim the resurrection in Jerusalem in the face of their enemies a few weeks after the crucifixion shows that what they proclaimed was true, for they could never have proclaimed the resurrection under such circumstances had it not occurred. William Lane Craig jerusalemrecordsenemy You ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it is they who made it famous. Winston Churchill jewjerusalemmade The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine. Yasser Arafat jerusalemflagsvictory Martyrs, martyrs, martyrs,... we want a million martyrs to march on Jerusalem. Yasser Arafat jerusalemislamicwant The Palestinian state is within our grasp. Soon the Palestinian flag will fly on the walls, the minarets and the cathedrals of Jerusalem. Yasser Arafat jerusalemflagswall«12345»
