Sidi Quotes & Sayings

I had never heard of the little Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid. And yet, that's where it all began. With an ordinary incident, one that happens frequently, but so frequently that it finally started something unstoppable. — John Freeman

As advertising blather becomes the nation's normal idiom, language becomes printed noise. — George Will

I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to. — Nancy Sinatra

On the banks of the Nile, the Rosetta branch, I lived an enjoyable childhood in the City of Disuq, which is the home of the famous mosque, Sidi Ibrahim. — Ahmed Zewail

There was also a rumor that later in the day, she walked fully clothed into the Amper River and said something very strange.
Something about a kiss.
Something about a Saumensch.
How many times did she have to say goodbye? — Markus Zusak

"After all," as a pretty girl once said to me, "women are a sex by themselves, so to speak." — Max Beerbohm

Buried deep within each of us is a spark of greatness, a spark than can be fanned into flames of passion and achievement. That spark is not outside of you it is born deep within you. — James Arthur Ray

Sidi, I ache inside. I yearn to fly away, to feel free in the light, in the dark. I don't ever want to come back. — Raja Alem

May we awaken from the dream that we are different. — Nhat Hanh

Tarek Mohamed Bouazizi, who burned himself to death in front of the governor's offices in the town of Sidi Bouzid in December 2010.12 Bouazizi killed himself precisely one hour after a policewoman, backed by two municipal officers, had seized from him two crates of pears, a crate of bananas, three crates of apples and a second-hand electronic weight scale worth $179. Those scales were his only capital. He did not have legal title to his family's home, which might otherwise have served as collateral for his business. His economic existence depended on the 'fees' he paid to officials to allow him to operate his fruit-stand on — Niall Ferguson