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Jerusalem meant one thing for Jesus: certain death. — John Piper

You're shaking ... so am I. It's because of Jerusalem, isn't it? One doesn't go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That's one of its mysteries. — Elie Wiesel

Yeah, trust the fuckhead. — Warren Ellis

I sometimes think of Las Vegas as the Jerusalem of chance. A holy city. — Frank Scoblete

England! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death And close her from thy ancient walls? — William Blake

F Like birds hovering, so the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it; he will spare and rescue it. — Anonymous

Israel must withdraw from Jerusalem so that it becomes the capital of a state of Palestine. — Yasser Arafat

From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital — Mahmoud Abbas

I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall. — William Blake

It is not being in Jerusalem, but living a good life there that is praiseworthy. — St. Jerome

Paris was no more Babylon than it was New Jerusalem. All cities worthy of that name were both: they were one because they were the other ... — Jean-Christophe Valtat

Jerusalem's Lot, she thought randomly, what an odd name. Not a pleasant name, for some reason . . . Come and sleep in Jerusalem. But — Stephen King

Jerusalem is old, Jerusalem is new, Jerusalem can hold Moslem, Christian, Jew. — Don McLean

For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace. — Ehud Olmert

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off. — Abdallah II Of Jordan

a "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or claim [1] in Jerusalem. — Anonymous

Your accumulated offences do not surpass the multitude of God's mercies: your wounds do not surpass the great Physician's skill. — Cyril Of Jerusalem

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

We believe strongly that the road to peace and two states living side by side does not go through New York, it goes through Jerusalem and Ramallah. — Hillary Clinton

The Book of Revelation is a description of one path to the New Jerusalem, but this scenario is not inevitable. — Barbara Marx Hubbard

I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father ... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books. — Ada Yonath

We will make the lives of the infidels hell - millions of martyrs marching on Jerusalem. — Yasser Arafat

I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children. — Ada Yonath

Anyone who relinquishes a single inch of Jerusalem is neither an Arab nor a Muslim. — Yasser Arafat

Jerusalem has been our capital for 3,000 years and it's going to be our capital for eternity — Naftali Bennett

When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse. — Yotam Ottolenghi

It is now, at Advent, that I am given the chance to suspend all expectation ... and instead to revel in the mystery. — Jerusalem Jackson Greer

I come to Jerusalem. There, the sky is blue and memory becomes clear. — Menachem Begin

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

The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands. — Moshe Dayan

In Tel Aviv the weekends last 48 hours. In Jerusalem they last 6 months. — Ze'ev Chafets

When the British General, Allenby, victoriously entered Jerusalem in October 1917 he declared "today the Crusades have ended". — Anonymous

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon

And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away. — Anonymous

Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem when all the odds were against him. Determination and persistence pulsate through your bloodline. — Joel Osteen

Being Jewish means loving something that's gone. Your parents, your grandparents, the place they came from. Jerusalem itself. Creation. — Michael Davidow

Have you heard of Job who was made holy on a dunghill, O my soul? — Sophronius Of Jerusalem

For me, Jerusalem was united, will be under Israel sovereignty, will be the capital of Israel and the heart of the Jewish people. — Yitzhak Rabin

The Obama administration has consistently refused to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli territory, let alone as the capital of Israel. — Ben Shapiro

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

A nation has the capacity to choose its own capital city, and Jerusalem is Israel's capital. — Mitt Romney

I will keep you safe throughout your flight and trip to Jerusalem. Then you must rise above your struggle. Only then will you appreciate your plight. — Jamie McGuire

To open the Bible is to open a window toward Jerusalem, as Daniel did (6:10), no matter where our exile may have taken us. — N. T. Wright

Olmert made a proposal on the governing of Jerusalem that I do not believe his cabinet or the Knesset would have accepted. — Elliott Abrams

Begin claimed that Sadat's visit to Jerusalem was merely a grand gesture, and that what Sadat really wanted was a Palestinian state and — Lawrence Wright

Jerusalem is one stubborn city that refuses to roll over and die. — Nathan Erez

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills? — William Blake

When my father was growing up inside the Old City of Jerusalem, he and his friends liked to trade desserts after diner. — Naomi Shibab Nye

When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels. — Margaret Thatcher

The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem. — Yasser Arafat

I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people. — Patti Smith

The goal is the developed Kingdom of God, the New Jerusalem, a world order under God's law. — R.J. Rushdoony

Here (Jerusalem), tears do not weaken the eyes, they only polish and shine the hardness of faces like stone. — Yehuda Amichai

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions. — Abdallah II Of Jordan

will, hereafter, see that the Church in Jerusalem — J. W. McGarvey

The wider our contemplation of creation, the grander is our conception of God. — Cyril Of Jerusalem

People would fight over who owns a poisonous desert, if that desert was Jerusalem. — Neil Gaiman

Last Vegas is a counterfeit version of the New Jerusalem. And it shares something of the glorious reality that it mocks. — Richard J. Mouw

Today's Terror Forecast has predicted a day of low-to-moderate unrest for East Jerusalem with mild political pressure moving inward from the west. — Lee Konstantinou

I found that each time I opened my camera and filmed Jerusalem, its image was overtaking what I wanted to express. — Danae Elon

Infants, I note with envy, are receptive to enjoyment in a degree not attained by adults this side of the new Jerusalem. — Margaret Halsey

Arab sovereignty in Jerusalem just cannot be. This city will not be divided-not half and half, not 60-40, not 75-25, nothing. — Golda Meir

You ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it was they who made it famous. — Winston Churchill

Martyrs, martyrs, martyrs, ... we want a million martyrs to march on Jerusalem. — Yasser Arafat

After all, I think Jerusalem is part of the, of the world's heritage. — King Hussein

Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blessed, beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed. — John Mason Neale

The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine. — Yasser Arafat

13And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David. — Anonymous

I'm going to shit in your lungs for this. — Warren Ellis

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. — Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Cheap! But not as cheap as your girlfriend. — Warren Ellis

I always wanted to open a delicatessen in Jerusalem and call it 'Cheeses of Nazareth'. — Sandi Toksvig

Who cares about that stuff? This is America, not Jerusalem. I'm an American. Let Harry be a Jew. — Arnold Rothstein

One doesn't go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. --Tzivia Khalon — Ronie Kendig

Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again. — Yitzhak Rabin

In the din and tumult of the age, the still small voice of Jerusalem remains our only music. — Israel Zangwill

In the person of Christ a man has not become God; God has become man. — Cyril Of Jerusalem

That were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. — Anonymous

We differ on several issues. And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall closing institutions in Jerusalem. — Mahmoud Abbas

Israel's days without Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip are gone and will not return. — Yitzhak Shamir

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. — Thomas Paine

Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap. — Marc Maron

Jesus goes on before to Jerusalem and to the cross, and they are filled with fear and amazement at the road he calls them to follow. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jerusalem is a port city on the shore of eternity. — Yehuda Amichai

Jerusalem artichokes have a great affinity with nuts. I love them with chopped walnuts or almonds, lemon juice, garlic, herbs and plenty of olive oil. — Yotam Ottolenghi

I want vasopressin, washed caffeine, Jumpstart, ginkgo biloba, guarana, and any intelligence enhancer introduced in the last five years. — Warren Ellis

You'll be asked to be the ass He rides into Jerusalem, but it's a heavy load, and it'll break your back, because He's carrying the sins of the world. — Walter Miller

Pigeon she strut on the rooftop
Cockroach he strut on the sink
My baby strut down to Jerusalem
Where blood is the favorite drink — Tom Robbins

Everybody knows we're entitled to one Jerusalem. History reveals very simply that this is our land from the days of the Bible. — Jackie Mason

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. — Benjamin Disraeli

Only God can change a season of war into a season of peace. Would you agree with me in prayer for peace? — Mike Evans

The thing I love most about Advent is the heartbreak. The utter and complete heartbreak. — Jerusalem Jackson Greer

Jerusalem is the capital of the Palestinian state. — Yasser Arafat

Every Israeli government since 1967, of left or right, has asserted that Jerusalem is Israel's capital and has allowed Israeli Jews to build there. — Elliott Abrams

We came to save the sacred writings. - Essenes to Eleazar, on collecting the Dead Sea Scrolls from the burning Temple. Jerusalem, 70 CE. — Joseph Shellim

The Amorites founded Jerusalem, they formed the Nordic weft in later Galilee, that is, in the "pagan region" whence some day Jesus was to come. — Alfred Rosenberg

I can't solve any problems. All I can do is try to make sure people can't avoid noticing them. — Warren Ellis

I am the last person who would divide Jerusalem. I have said this many times. I don't plan to discuss any division of Jerusalem. — Ariel Sharon

I never thought I'd live to see the day that an American administration would denounce the state of Israel for rebuilding Jerusalem. — Mike Pence

The grandeur of Jerusalem is also ... its problem. — Umberto Eco