Middle East Downstairs

Famous quotes containing the words middle, east and/or downstairs:

    “In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
    —Robert Runcie (b. 1921)

    “The beds i’ th’ East are soft.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.”
    —Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)