I was already singing by the time I was six years old. My neighbors would ask me to sing at festivities—marriages, baptisms, etc.—and they would give me presents. In 1973 [when I was 15], I went to the Institute for the Young Blind in Mali to learn Braille. When I was there I taught other people how to sing and dance.

Amazing fine tuning occurs in the laws that make this [complexity] possible. Realization of the complexity of what is accomplished makes it very difficult not to use the word 'miraculous' without taking a stand as to the ontological status of the word.

It's a tragedy that a lot of people know more about Shakespeare than about Cao Xueqin.

Do your worst, you little bastards! Kill me! Do it! Do iiiiiaaaauuugghh!

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.

Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer: You can do it, just not as well as the others, really.

I didn't ask to be secretary of balloon doggies, the balloon doggies demanded it!

How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see?

Voice of India through Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel and Koenraad Elst provided the main intellectual defense of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement starting thirty years ago. Their contributions were very important in sustaining it.

It is a remarkable fact in the history of geometry, that the Elements of Euclid, written two thousand years ago, are still regarded by many as the best introduction to the mathematical sciences.

It is brave to be involved
To be not fearful to be unresolved.

Chan Man-Lei - Mr. Koo

The option of war can appear initially to be the most rapid. But let us not forget that after winning the war, peace must be built.

One included all, and all were contained in one.

I felt like I wasn’t going to make it,” she said. “When I thought about my life in front of me, how I’m going to rise up to anything … it was so overwhelming.”

This next song is only dedicated to beautiful people here tonight. That means all of you. Thank you for coming along... and making this a great occasion.