Ayaan Hirsi Ali Quotes
...with like-minded people one cannot discuss. With like-minded people one can only participate in a church service, and, as is widely known, I do not like church services.
Quotes to Explore
-
If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
-
If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
-
I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
-
We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
-
I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
-
I'll eat one cookie, not a whole box of cookies. But I'll still eat the one cookie... sometimes two, or even three. But not the whole box.
-
Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
-
I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
-
Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
-
Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in response to the Bringing Them Home Report are reaching only a small fraction of those they are intended to help.
-
You get steely nerves playing poker.
-
The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
-
You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
-
You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
-
For my life, I need to make my own choices.
-
Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
-
It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
-
The acting came about because of a girl. I was 19 and met a girl who wanted to go to the premiere drama school in Australia, the National Institute of Dramatic Arts, where Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett and many others went. She had an audition, and I went with her for moral support - to cheer her on. I did an audition my way, and it kept going.
-
When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.
-
How do I take a step? How do I lift my foot off the ground, move it through the air a little bit and then bring it down? I had to teach myself to walk again.
-
I've never thought about the end of my career. I've had this growing motto in my life to live day to day - and when you live day to day, it's hard to talk years.
-
Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
-
Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.
-
...with like-minded people one cannot discuss. With like-minded people one can only participate in a church service, and, as is widely known, I do not like church services.
