Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.

Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.

From antiquity, people have recognized the connection between naming and power.

Teach men how to fish, but also teach them how to preserve fish.

He wanted to tell her that if it were simply a matter of crossing the river Styx and trading places with Beau, he'd be gone in a heartbeat.

To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

People are starting to be very skeptical of the Facebook algorithm and all kinds of data surveillance.

My family's always been really funny. I feel like comedy's hard. I feel like it's so important.

Know yourself, to know others.

I strive to seek new material that fit into the logic of construction, while performing services appropriate to real needs.

Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.

My own daughters weren't able to study in Turkey because of their headscarves, so they went to the United States.