English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Quotes

Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its imprisonment. It takes time for bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its cage.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Jodi Picoult quote: "The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming..."
The best way to prevent a heartache was to cushion the coming blow. Jodi Picoult
But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective. Moby
John Irving quote: "O God? please give him back! I shall keep asking You."
O God? please give him back! I shall keep asking You. John Irving
Layne Staley quote: "I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna."
I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna. Layne Staley
Paula Poundstone quote: "My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my..."
My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it. Paula Poundstone
I have at times tried to imagine the despair which leads to suicide, attempted to conjure up the slew and slop of darkness in which only death appears as a pinprick of light: in other words, the exact opposite of the normal condition of life. Julian Barnes
Bil Keane quote: "I don't just try to be funny."
I don't just try to be funny. Bil Keane
Maya Angelou quote: "Determine to live life with flair and laughter."
Determine to live life with flair and laughter. Maya Angelou
Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship. John Milton
At times this biography made him comfortably nostalgic for a verdant, horse-drawn, affectionate England; at others he was faintly depressed by the way a whole life could be contained by a few hundred pages - bottled, like homemade chutney. And by how easily an existence, its ambitions, networks of family and friend, all its cherished stuff, solidly possessed, could so entirely vanish. Ian Mcewan
The exceptions were two men a little ahead of them, standing just outside the Three Broomsticks. One was very tall and thin; squinting through his rain-washed glasses Harry recognized the barman who worked in the other Hogsmeade pub, the Hog’s Head. As Harry, Ron, and Hermione drew closer, the barman drew his cloak more tightly around his neck and walked away, leaving the shorter man to fumble with something in his arms. They were barely feet from him when Harry realized who the man... J. K. Rowling
Jeanette Winterson quote: "Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can..."
Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the hidden places. Jeanette Winterson
I remember when I was a dancer and I had to do this performance and I was really nervous about it, and I happened at that moment to go see 'Flashdance.' I mean, it's silly, but I walked out of that movie going 'what a feeling!' I walked out with confidence. Melissa Rosenberg
Kenneth L. Pike quote: "Without a possibility of change in meanings human..."
Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions. Kenneth L. Pike
John Selden quote: "Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain."
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain. John Selden