It is the worst way that big power could act, it is arrogance, it is proudness, it is measuring of one's decision in accordance to his bigness, unfortunately, therefore lack of any wisdom.

When I leave Somalia I will leave buildings but not people.

When I came to Mogadishu...here was one road built by the Italians. If you try to force me to stand down, I will leave the city as I found it. I came to power with a gun; only the gun can make me go.

We should teach the foreigners and colonialists that Somalia cannot be led by other people and that the traitors who fled the country will never lead Somalia.

The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift

Stop telling God what you want to have, He is going to use what you have left to give you what you need.

Truth is only relative to those that ignore hard evidence.

I want my life to be a battle cry, a war zone, an arrow pointed and loosed into the heart of domination: patriarchy, imperialism, industrialization, every system of power and sadism.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Character is the final decision to reject whatever is demeaning to oneself or to others and with confidence and honesty choose what is right.

It made him proud that 29 months in the service had not blunted his genius for ineptitude.

Why do we need faith when we have the technology to move mountains?

The writer's function is to prevent myths turning into allegories.

Life's uncertain voyage.