I always loved clothes. I grew up in a blue-collar family, but I loved old movies and seeing all those dashing leading men.

The biggest fashion mistake people make is they try to hang on to their youth. Embrace who you are now-your body, your lifestyle, your coloring.

Having some retail experience is key. It really is where the battle is won or lost.

Having studied at the Sorbonne, I spent my 21st birthday in Paris and celebrated with one of my professors in a cafe outside of Notre Dame.

When I meet a woman whose energy falters at the first barrier, she seems to fade beside my mother.

Whenever the tissue of life is woven of legalistic relationships, this creates an atmosphere of spiritual mediocrity that paralyzes a person's noblest impulses.

On technology: The teacher is mightier than the mouse.

Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.

A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.

Does the devil know he is a devil?

The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.

We're not Americans, we're Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here against our will from Africa. We didn't land on Plymouth Rock - that rock landed on us.

Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.

What's given to dunya is lost forever. What's given to Allah is never lost. If you give what you love, for the sake of what He loves, you'll have what you love forever.