Quote collection
112 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use"
"Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder."
"We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic."
"I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter, and able to give people a clean drink of water. I don't want images of starving babies at the breast in my mind. I want that to change. And if I want that, I had better do something about it."
"I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything."
"Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life."
"I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them."
"I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enables you to live, to do something. And sometimes, human beings need story and narrative more than they need nourishment and food."
"I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately."
"But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me."
"The Catholic Church - it's so difficult because I don't want say anything offensive but it makes me very angry that religious leaders from this faith have tried to respond negatively to sexual education and to the promotion of condom use"
"Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening."
"I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals."
"Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that."
"When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result."
"You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face."
"During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing."
"Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write."
"A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look."
"Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear."