(40 quotes found)
“And then here come the Janjaweed on camel or on horseback, ... They come rolling into the town, shooting and torching the village, often bringing women to the side and raping women indiscriminately. And in order to ensure that the destruction is complete, the government either sends ground forces to oversee the operation, or the attack helicopters, which often are the most deadly things.”
John Prendergast
“The camel has a single hump;/ The dromedary, two;/ Or else the other way around./ I'm never sure. Are you?”
Ogden Nash
“The whole trip was surprising. I thought I'd see camels; I thought I'd see guns, but we had to look for that.”
Chris Gibbs
“[Black is back — as if it ever goes away — and richer, boosted by fanciful textures, embroidery and brocade. Butternut, camel and olive tones are similarly decadent, and] that burgundy brown — it's so rich you just want to eat it, ... If they melted Hershey's chocolate, that's what it would look like.”
Joan Kelly
“And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.”
Bible
“[Black is back - as if it ever goes away - and richer, boosted by fanciful textures, embroidery and brocade. Butternut, camel and olive tones are similarly decadent, and] that burgundy brown - it's so rich you just want to eat it, ... If they melted Hershey's chocolate, that's what it would look like.”
“And two of camels and two of cows. Say: Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allah enjoined you this? Who, then, is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah that he should lead astray men without knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.”
quran
“And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.”
“And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: / And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: / And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.”
“So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.”
