M. Ali Quotes

That computer was made in Alabama

The show was bad, but I was great

It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.

There live a great man named Joe who was belittled by a loudmouth foe. While his rival would taunt and tease Joe silently bore the stings. And then fought like gladiator in the ring.

I tried to get into the mind of my opponent and psyche him out.

Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? You would hate other people if you don't want to stay who you are.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

I'll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing.

I have to be real cool and not savage and radical, because it makes me angry when I think about it when I see the white boys, who are really the number one citizens, the future rulers.

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

I still looked the same - I had a swollen jaw.

If I kept my mouth shut, because I can make millions, that isn't doing nothing.

I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.

I never push in front my muscles, only my religion, so I'm protected.

The thing with me is, I'm from a rap background so I'm not really a traditional singer in that sense.

I've always had good support of parents for doing what I wanted to do. When it became music they were just as supportive as well.

I have an urban background, but I need melody, I need a song, so I try to mix and match and keep it fluid.

When a song comes from a real story and from a real place I think it comes across to people. That's important.

I believe the things I love inwardly will be received by the right people outwardly. I believe that what I believe in will be received well. I try to keep that as a foundation to what I do.

Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express. But I believe it's something you are. To me it's more inward.

I think when you're younger you have a more black-and-white view of things. You're more exclusively dedicated.

Nakedness of what you do is exactly who you are, and that's how it should come across.

I have a lot of connection to Pataudi. I have spent a lot of time there and I love the place very much, but at no point, do I consider myself a Nawab.

But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.

Aamir Khan told me that I was doing Sameer's character all wrong in Dil Chahta Hai

Basically, we are witnessing the twilight of democracy.

The extreme center is the political expression of the neoliberal state.

The past has too much knowledge embedded in it, and therefore it's best to forget it and start anew.

I think to compare Germany to the Third Reich is utterly ludicrous.

Effectively, the EU is a very powerful bureaucracy, dominated now by the German elite, which is backed by the rest of the European Union members.

I think the United States and its British attack dog are not taken seriously anywhere in the world and can play no role in helping a political solution.

The whole history of the 20th century is a history of resistance groups which are either nationalist or, in large parts of the Muslim word, religious groups.

I've called David Cameron worse things than joker....and a former Prime Minister Tony Blair is widely referred to as a war criminal.

There was a good moment in Islam when people were actually challenging authority at every level. Very different from the world we live in.

The United States is now The Empire. There isn't an empire; there's The Empire, and that empire is the United States.

Tony Blair is a war criminal.

The implication strongly is that Osama bin Laden is a Hitler, even though he has no state power at all. It's just grotesque if you seriously think about it.

History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television.

I think the Americans fished out the same condom but found it had too many holes in it.

The European Union has lost virtually all of its credibility amongst large swaths of the European population.

It's a total failure of the Western imagination that the only enemy they can see is Adolph Hitler.

Most Iraqis, even if they hated Saddam and suffered, say life was much better under him than it was under the occupation and what's going on today.

I do think the Cubans have to change some of the political structures there and allow critical voices, for their own sakes, because unless there is accountability the revolution will totally atrophy.

I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.

Yes, there are circumstances where a bloody suppression is justifiable and justified.

Tikka Khan won't try to stick his nose in politics.

I would not let myself be intimidated by Yahya Khan, his methods had led us to disaster.

Mujib [Rahman], as you've seen, is a congenital liar. He can't help telling lies - it's something stronger than he.

[Yahya Khan] thought of nothing but acquiring beautiful cars, building beautiful homes, making friends with bankers, and sending money abroad.

Even to get Yahya Khan to reason was an impossible task - it only made you lose your temper.