Saudi riyal Saudi riyal The Saudi riyal ( ""); is the currency of Saudi Arabia. It is abbreviated as The riyal has been the currency of Saudi Arabia since the country came into being and was the currency of Hejaz before Saudi Arabia was created, one of the primary currencies in the Mediterranean region during the Ottoman era. The Hejaz riyal was based on but not equivalent to the Ottoman 20 kuruş coin and was consequently divided into 20 qirsh. However, although the Hejaz riyal was the same weight as the Ottoman 20 kuruş, it was minted in .917 fineness, compared to
What we've got here is failure to communicate American Film Institute list, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes. What we've got here is failure to communicate The phrase "What we've got here is failure to communicate" is a quotation from the 1967 film "Cool Hand Luke", spoken in the movie first by Strother Martin (as the Captain, a prison warden) and, later, paraphrased by Paul Newman (as Luke, a stubborn prisoner). The context of the first delivery of the line is: The Captain's line is often misquoted as "What we "have" here is "a" failure to communicate". This is actually a quote by Zero Mostel in the 1969