I don't believe that there is fair enough understanding of either our status as women or the total context of our lives, which is very rich and multi-faceted.

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.

Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.

We are stronger when we listen,and smarter when we share.

At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.

Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.

Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.

You cannot kill an ideology with a bullet. You can only kill it with a better idea.

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.

Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself.

It's considered good sportsmanship not to pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Good or bad, if you’re not “normal, ” you can’t have a normal relationship. If you are different, people will relate to you differently.

Queen had its time and place, and at the moment I'm not concentrating on that era.

My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.

The decision makers face each other. No safety screen stands between the issues and the highest authorities.

The world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?

I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because I'm still writing from the point of view of the fan, so I'm geeked out constantly.

Always know and remember that you are more than your physical body.