I am never frightened when I tell the truth.

They will kill me but they will not kill my voice, because it will be the voice of all Afghan women. You can cut the flower, but you cannot stop the coming of spring.

People who look the other way when they see these war criminals are smaller criminals themselves.

Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy.

Democracy never comes by the barrel of a gun, or by cluster bombs.

Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons, we say this is the mockery of democracy and mockery of War on Terror.

If I should die, and you should choose to carry on my work, you are welcome to visit my grave. Pour some water on it and shout three times. I want to hear your voice.

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.

Abortion is a hard thing for Hollywood to deal with because it is so controversial and you don't want to alienate half your audience by sending one message or the other.

Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome's faded glory and proclaim ourselves civilized.

Humility is not a weak and timid quality; it must be carefully distinguished from a groveling spirit.

We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.

Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.

I've been messing around in the studio the last couple of years. But I don't want to worry about being taken seriously as a singer. It just really feels good to do it.

I get inspiration from movies, from fashion, then completely random things you'd never think of.

Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.

I do a lotta trash talking to keep me motivated, to keep me to not want to lose.