The West is duly terrified. But it should not be surprised.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

I love life more than I love death.

It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.

I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

It is only on the basis of the probable and the apparent that men bereft of a sixth sense are able to sit in judgment over other men.

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

I grew up in a middle-class house without books, without art. No one around me wrote poetry or even read it.

Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

My job is to be the best teammate I can be, push these guys to the limit every day, make sure that I'm being the right type of leader.

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.

Age to women is what kryptonite is to Superman. Inside every older woman is a younger woman screaming, 'Get me the hell outta here.'

The UK has a super strong music culture. I could definitely see myself living there if it made sense.

Why should thinkers mock the simple pieties of the people?