Dalia Sofer Quotes

Since when are you so 'faithful'? just a couple of years ago you would show up in your tight jeans and borrow our car to pick up one of your five girlfriends. You think that beard makes you a man of God? ~ Dalia Sofer

He sees his world in black and white: Filthy snow, a hollow sky, the gray cement of the walls - water stains, like giant ink spills, eating into them - and his own skin, an ashy patina enveloping his body. Even the wounds on his feet, hardened and crusted, have lost their red. He has come to think of colour as something fantastic that exists only in his mind - the red of a tomato sliced and salted at the lunch table, the deep blue of a lapis lazuli on Farnaz's finger, the honey hue of his daughter's hair in the sun. ~ Dalia Sofer

And since when is stealing people's possessions the call of God? you are all hypocrites who have suddenly come into power, and you don't know how to handle it ~ Dalia Sofer

A man has a right to want to live. ~ Dalia Sofer

If something must be said, it will say itself. The writer's task is to listen. ~ Dalia Sofer

Think about it, but don't think too much. If you think too much you'll end up doing nothing. ~ Dalia Sofer

No whitness lost is so white as the memory of whitness ~ Dalia Sofer

A bridge, he thinks, is the only place where uncertainty is permissible, where one can exist with no connection to land --- or any person --- but which the reassurance that connection is possible. - Parviz ~ Dalia Sofer

How unyielding is that space between connection and interruption --- one false move, one misspoken word, and you find yourself on the wrong side of things. - Parviz ~ Dalia Sofer

Some people think [Ted] Cruz is just as bad of an electoral nightmare down the ballot as [Donald] Trump. ~ Dalia Mogahed

Women have more inner power for creation, starting from family and home and ending with professional activity and politics. ~ Dalia Grybauskaite

Human development, not secularization, is what's key to women's empowerment in the transforming Middle East. ~ Dalia Mogahed

I admire many people, but I am not sure that I have any 'heroes.' ~ Dalia Mogahed

While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also felt less and less provided for. ~ Dalia Mogahed

I don't subscribe to that school of thought that leadership can be altogether defined by gender. ~ Dalia Grybauskaite

Make an impact ..make a substantial impact !'-Dalia Qutob ~ Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

Children's minds are the origins of revolutions.'-Dalia Qutob ~ Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

In professions where the criteria of professionalism, expertise, good manners and ethics apply, the gender aspect, i.e., whether a person is a man or woman, is not relevant at all. What is important is that citizens' confidence in politicians and the politics is strong enough to make politicians proud of their profession. ~ Dalia Grybauskaite

Everybody asks, 'How do you do it?' And I'm like, 'Well, I'm recurring on both shows, so the reality is, I can do both shows.' And that's the best position to be in. And 'Heroes' just asked me to come back and do more. So once I stop airing on '24' for a little while, I'll be on 'Heroes,' and then I'll be back on '24.' ~ Rena Sofer

The two events were probably unrelated, but both jolted Dave the way a sudden air pocket reminds nervous passengers that they're soaring above the clouds in a pressurized metal tube. ~ Dan Sofer

Children are teachers of love.-Dalia Qutob ~ Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

Better a broken heart than a hardened one. ~ Dalia Mogahed

If you want to beat Donald Trump - then you need to be the candidate that is not the establishment in your thinking, in the way you're presenting yourself. ~ Dalia Mogahed

As the people of Ein Hod were marched into despossession, Moshe and his comrades guarded and looted the newly emptied village. While Dalia lay heartbroken, delirious with the loss of Ismael, Jolanta rocked David to sleep. While Hasan tended to his family's survival, Moshe sang in drunken revelry with his fellow soldiers. And while Yehya and the others moved in anguished steps away from their land, the usurpers sand "Hatikva," and shouted, "Long live Israel! ~ Susan Abulhawa

Tomorrow is a second chance, use it !'-Fida Qutob ~ Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

This is a book called Women in the Shade of Islam. It's published by the government of Saudi Arabia. I picked it up in Pakistan, where the Taliban Ladies Auxiliary, and our young wife in California would've picked up an item like this. And it puts out that Salafi-Wahhabi ideology that is ultimately the toxic poison that is crossing all these borders. ~ Dalia Mogahed

Friendship has no language ,no colour ,no religion ..it simply does not hold any passport ! '-Fida Qutob ~ Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

For a clean makeup finish, I use Cle de Peau translucent pressed powder. ~ Rena Sofer

We build buildings based on the false assumption that women go to mosques half as much as they actually do. In fact, the US is the only country in the world where women and men report that they attend the mosque in equal numbers, but our institutions aren't representing this reality. ~ Dalia Mogahed

Lets be children forever ..live in their spirit altogether'.-Fida Qutob ~ Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

Dave was a confirmed serotonin junkie. Any day of the year, he chose a good book, a hot cupper, and air-conditioning over jeopardy to life and limb. ~ Dan Sofer

We have to be concerned about the gun killing that people who are Americans, who are Irish, and who are English, who are all around the country. ~ Dalia Mogahed

I have led the way for moving women from traditional roles to strategic positions and inspired girls and women throughout Africa to seek leadership positions. ~ Dalia Grybauskaite

Vision + Mindset = Success'-Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob .
Quotes from our new story ! ~ Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

We don't want to bury our heads in the sand about serious issues. ~ Dalia Mogahed

Remember this: For all the ugliness in the world there is far more beauty. For all the cruelty there is far more kindness. And remember one more thing: Those who remind you of this simple fact-keep them close ~ Dalia Mogahed

Many young athletes joined the gangs instead of aspiring to gold medals in the Olympics. You could easily discern the kind of sport they did by their body shape and injuries.
Well-built with a broken nose - a boxer.
Broad shoulders with torn ears - a wrestler.
Enormous muscles with little to no brain - a bodybuilder.
Short with broad shoulders and a quadratic head - a weightlifter. ~ Carlito Sofer, Nik Krasno

Love is like a flower. Its upright when its in harmony and withered when its dead. ~ Dalia

You know, a meme is now circulating that's called the Ostrich Brigade. And it's used to describe all those people who are burying their heads in the sand. I call it the three D strategy. It's denial, deflection, and a demonization of those of us who want to speak honestly about these issues of extremism. ~ Dalia Mogahed

I'm hearing here that this Muslim movement, well, for women, is what we have to focus on. And women have been doing, I think, the right thing. Having the conversations, talking to people about that. ~ Dalia Mogahed

Republicans are taking the possibility of [Donald] Trump as nominee seriously enough that the committee that oversees next year's Senate races laid out a confidential seven-page blueprint for candidates on how to run with Trump at the top of the ticket. ~ Dalia Mogahed

Muslims are the primary victims of ISIS. Muslims are the ones who want to do the most to defeat this ideology. It's important that we don't do their propaganda for them, by giving them the legitimacy that they crave. ~ Dalia Mogahed

God helps those who strut their stuff. ~ Dan Sofer

The world has become more diversified, with women becoming a real power of change. ~ Dalia Grybauskaite

As Donald Trump continues to dominate the 2016 field, the Republican establishment's low-grade anxiety is becoming an all-out panic ~ Dalia Mogahed

America seemed like a place for honest people. The United States of America. The land of the free and the home of the brave. The most righteous, politically correct and awesomest country in the world.
It even says "in god we trust" on the dollar bills.
God bless America. ~ Carlito Sofer, Nik Krasno

Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice. ~ Dalia Mogahed

My climb to political success was no elevator ride, and it has not always been pretty, but I persevered as one of a handful of women in the male-dominated world of politics. ~ Dalia Grybauskaite

I'm one of those few actresses who works all the time, and even though I haven't done a show that literally puts me on some kind of map - as in, that's how I'm known and that's how I'll always be known - I'm very lucky. ~ Rena Sofer

I thought the Wall Street Journal quote, they got a guy in Iowa to say I think exactly where I think this race is right now for a lot Republicans. He said, "Nobody in Iowa wants [Donald]Trump for president. But everybody in Iowa wants somebody like Trump for president." That's what you need. ~ Dalia Mogahed

Religion is about opening hearts not closing minds'.-Fida Qutob ~ Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

When I opened the gate, I found myself facing Avi Keinan, CEO of the "Treasures of the Dead Sea" factory, accompanied by Ricki, head of the administration department; both have been working with my husband Kobi for many years. Every time they came to town and had some time to kill between two meetings, they dropped by for a quick coffee. ~ Dalia Rosenfeld

We've covered ourselves with everything we own, plus a snow blanket on top. It does provide warmth. The snow is everywhere - our pillows, our hair. You stick your head out, take a deal breath, slip under the covers again and breathe out. Feels warm. The snow on your hair melts, then turns to ice. A winter hat. Silence. Darkness... The only thing visible is the snow. ~ Dalia Grinkevičiūtė

If you look at Paris, they didn't have guns and they were slaughtered. If you look at what happened in California, they didn't have guns, they were slaughtered. They could've protected themselves if they had guns. ~ Dalia Mogahed

I think that when Michelle Pfeiffer goes out, she's exactly what I aspire to be - she always looks beautiful and sexy, but she never looks like she's trying to be the center of attention. ~ Rena Sofer

I knew my boyfriend was going to ask me to marry him. And I was sure the ring was going to be exceptional, and I bought him a Rolex Explorer. And I engraved 'yes' on it. And when he proposed, I gave him the watch. ~ Rena Sofer

Hard work, courage and commitment - these are the key elements for success. ~ Dalia Grybauskaite