...It is far more sinful to pray irregularly than not to pray at all.

Not all the ravages caused by our merciless age are tangible ones. The subtler forms of destruction, those involving only the human spirit, are the most to be dreaded.

Fiction should always steer clear of political considerations.

Since the world began has any man ever been able to know what would happen tomorrow? The world of men is today. I'm asking you to open your heart today. Tomorrow belongs to Allah ...

There could be nothing, he reflected, to equal a government which was simply the honest enforcement, by means of the sword, of the laws of Islam.

May Allah bless you." Or had she said: "May Allah burn you?" He was not sure which: the two Arabic words sounded so much alike.

Brave men are a city's strongest tower of defence.

The most important thing for me is the direct observation of nature in its light-filled existence.

I don't know what lies ahead, but I want to keep going forever.

Women go to beauty parlors for the unmussed look men hate.

If you surround yourself with talented people and you give them the freedom to achieve, then the work will never fail.

If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

For pitty, Sir, find out that Bee Which bore my Love away I'le seek him in your Bonnet brave, I'le seek him in your eyes.

As a director, it's my job to provoke, and when people decided 'The Room' be called a phenomenon, or whatever you call it, it's fine with me.

To me, a perfect album talks about the hard stuff and the fun and caring stuff.