“I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.”
“Bahrainis are better off than many other Arabs. We have a welfare state, everybody gets a salary whether they have a job or not. Electricity and food are subsidized; school and healthcare are free. And we don't differentiate between Bahrainis and foreigners. We are very proud of that.”
| Jim Caviezel, Actor (1968) |
| T. S. Eliot, Poet (1888) |
| Bryan Ferry, Musician (1945) |
| Theodore Gericault, Artist (1791) |
| George Gershwin, Composer (1898) |
| Mark Haddon, Novelist (1962) |
| Linda Hamilton, Actress (1956) |
| Robert Kagan, Writer (1958) |
| Sue Kelly, Politician (1936) |
| Jack LaLanne, Athlete (1914) |
| Bela Bartok, Composer (1945) |
| Betty Carter, Musician (1998) |
| W. H. Davies, Poet (1940) |
| Frederick William Faber, Theologian (1863) |