In a country like India, the British were only able to rule the country because it had completely co-opted the elite of the country, who did their work for them.

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.

She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

…the love we most cherish will, of necessity, bring us pain. Because that love is like the setting of a body with broken bones. But I want to stage the setting. I want to direct all scenes.

He's doing a sniffing thing! I've already been through this

I don't give my weight. I weigh a hundred and plenty.

I do the same thing for myself (as an actor) that I do for others.

I don't get into the gun stuff. Some guys have guns who go hunting. Where do we stop (the gun control) at? I'm not a hunter, but we can't say people can't have guns.

Some creatures are made to see in the dark.

To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Everything involves a risk. No risk, no reward.

[Michael] Moore doesn't really use his sense of humor that much.

Fear begins to melt away when you begin to take action on a goal you really want.