"They have done their worst, and continued to deny me even the privileges accorded to the common herd . . . but I am sustained by the consciousness of my imputed 'crime' being an honourable one"

“[On cloning sheep:] Oh great, just what we need - more sheep.”

“Some people say that we here have no freedom of religion, ... In reality, the people in that country are the ones who were forced to embrace a religion.”

Source : "Parting salvo from Malaysia's iron man" by John Aglionby, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2003.

“Make somebody happy today, and mind your own business”

“We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power.”

“black isn't beautiful and it isn't ugly - black is! It's not kinky hair and it's not straight hair - it just is.”

Source : Gloria Naylor (2005). “The Women of Brewster Place”, p.66, Penguin

“Our present world contains clues...to another world-a world which we can begin to experience now, but will only know in all its fullness at the end of things.”

“I do feel a connection to the divine and to the infinite.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. March 6, 2014.

“An awful lot of female celebrities are very beautiful whereas a lot of male celebrities are not so hot.”