"You don't make your character in a crisis, you exhibit it."

“We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel....Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood.”

Source : YouTube Channel "Al Jazeera English"/"101 East- Inside Indonesia's Islamic schools", www.youtube.com. August 31, 2007.

“The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.”

“I'm a mother. Mothers multi-task.”

“The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water.”

“I didn't want people to say his brother Bing sings better than he does.”

“Acceptance is approval, a word with a bad name in some psychologies. Yet it is perfectly normal to seek approval in childhood and throughout life. We require approval from those we respect. The kinship it creates lifts us to their level, a process referred to in self-psychology as transmuting internalization. Approval is a necessary component of self-esteem. It becomes a problem only when we give up our true self to find it. Then approval-seeking works against us.”

“I’m freakishly tall, so finding pants that fit is something I’ve struggled with my whole life,”

“I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show. I could feel successful without selling a million records.”