Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

I strongly believe that no one can be a true feminist without being an atheist. All religions are anti-women. No one can be pro-woman while supporting anti-woman dogmas.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.

Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?

I have had fatwas issued against me, some three in Bangladesh and another five in India. I will not be cowed by these threats and shall fight for my rights.

I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon.

Religion, society and state - from none of these do women get their proper honor. It is religion, which has created an unparalleled disparity between men and women.

All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.

If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion keeps people in ignorance, then I can't accept that religion.

I am a religious person, although I am not a believer.

I believe that everyone in the world is crazy except you and me. And even you're a little bit strange.

Simplicate and add more lightness.

Almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it.

Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted.

The last time the world was three degrees warmer than today-which is what we expect later this century-sea levels were 25m higher. So that is what we can look forward to if we don't act soon.

Those who forgive themselves and are able to accept their real nature, they are the strong ones.

I don't criticize political or electoral freedom, but capitalism's perversion of the concept: the illusion that I hold the power over my own life.

Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t actually driven to lead people; they are driven to serve them.

I'm not allowed to bet, but if I could, my money would be on you.