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

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.

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

The demand that Islam makes of women is to not attract attention to yourself, and if you are in a secular society, that attire does exactly that, and it is a political symbol, no longer religious.

Hurting someone will not impress them. Intelligence requires empathy to work. Water is wet. The sky is pink through these rose-tinted glasses.

To be a success, plant the seeds of dreams. Then take care of those plants.

Marriage is a game. They (the anxious and powerful) set the rules. We (the ordinary and subversive) bow obediently before those rules. And then we go home and do whatever the hell we want anyhow.

She looked at him for a long moment. "There really is more substance to you than you let on, isn't there?£

I used to get out there and have a thousand swing thoughts. Now I try not to have any.

Those who by form did see me and those who followed me by voice. Wrong the efforts they engaged in, those people will not see me.

I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet,' even in the competitive movie business.

Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to really focus on what I'm saying. And I have to talk slowly.

There was no aphrodisiac more powerful than talking, no seduction more effective than curiosity.

People ask how I learned to play bass with one hand. Well, with a face like mine, you learn to do a lot of things with one hand.