There are many people inside Iran who say, "We don't have enough to eat. Why do we need a nuclear bomb?"

I believe in freedom for women to have equal rights - the right to work, the right to hold high positions, the right to take custody of their children after divorcing.

I was never interested in money. I always looked down on it. But now that I have less money, I see that without money, you cannot do much. Everything in the end is about money.

Fanaticism exists in every religion, whether Christian, Jewish, or Muslim.

I hope in the end there will be a solution for the world, because we have advanced in so many ways, and still the world has so many different problems.

In Iran, as in all developing countries, they wanted to copy the outside world, without knowing what was good for our own country.

There are many Iranians working at NASA. One of the engineers involved with the spaceship that went to Mars is an Iranian.

I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new.

You cannot expect a foreign country to be more Catholic than the pope for you.

Iranian women are very courageous and active, even with all the oppression.

It's normal that countries work for their own benefit, political and economic.

Perhaps it also demonstrates that any young girl can live quite healthily on coarse bread and clear water – so long as she has fine clothes.

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

I wasn't disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that's why I knew it just wasn't right for me.

God, children know something they can't tell; they like Red Riding Hood and the wolf in bed!

To confess your sins to God is not to tell [God] anything [God] doesn't already know. Until you confess them, however, they are the abyss between you. When you confess them, they become the bridge.

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.

With my size and speed, my ability to make moves and great vision, I'm sometimes feel like it's an unfair advantage over the defense.

They think democracy - I used to say "damn the democracy", because it's not a stable government.

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.

Stay with me. Always.