All cultural imitation, opposed as it is to creativeness, is bound to make a people small.

It was not Muslims that had made Islam great; it was Islam that had made the Muslims great.

If water stands motionless in a pool it grows stale and muddy, but when it moves and flows it becomes clear: so, too, man in his wanderings.

It's very impossible to live by yesterday's standards and expect extraordinary results today. Live life with passion!

Of all religious systems, Islam alone declares that individual perfection is possible in our earthly existence.

If the Muslims keep their heads cool and accept progress as a means and not an end in itself, they may pass on to Western man the lost secret of life's sweetness.

But who, except God, can say whether a man is right or foolish if he follows the call of his conscience?

...we must learn -once again- to regard Islam as the norm by which the world is to be judged.

...to imitate Western civilization in its spirit, its mode of life and its social organization is impossible without dealing a fatal blow to the very existence of Islam as an ideological proposition.

If one has not been able to experience God by himself, one should allow himself to be guided by the experiences of others who have experienced Him

Negativity is never an option

Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don't know the answer, I know only that I can't.

When I was in the House for 16 years, I caucused with the Democrats.

Mmm....she's doomed! You're doomed!! They're all doomed! Notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it. How very WISE of me.

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

A man fashions ill for himself who fashions ill for another, and the ill design is most ill for the designer.

Life's a dance you learn as you go, sometimes you lead sometimes you follow, don't worry about what you don't know

As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing.

I personally have stopped eating seafood.