Top 685 Quotes & Sayings by Iranian Authors - Page 5

A pencil has eraser because it make mistake.

Even for defeating extremists, you need more than a military strategy.

I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people.

Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.

Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a different grasp of it. Whereas with a novel, once you have read it, you have grasped it.

I grew up during the Revolution of Iran and the war between Iran and Iraq. The things that I saw. The impact. How it changes you. How it changes the way you look at the world.

I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.

Cinema is a world of imagination.

Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities.

I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.

Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.

The Muslim community is completely fractured - it doesn't really exist anymore; the only place it does exist is online.

Had I to do it again, I would have been a math major, probably a double major, and did take a lot of math classes, but I would have taken a lot more.

Chris Brown, he biggest jabroni. He have good name before he made a lot of money now he mess it up. What kind of man that beat the women? He no-good low life.

The idea of literalism in the Bible is a very new phenomenon. In many ways, it's a product of the scientific revolution.

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal.

I think of myself, an Iranian/American artist, and wonder what would I want if I'm ever imprisoned by the Iranian government for the work that I make? I answer: I would hope that the United States government comes to my rescue.

Before 9/11, I was playing a wide range of characters. I would play a lover, a cop, a father. As long as I could create the illusion of the character, the part was given to me. But after 9/11, something changed. We became the villains, the bad guys. I don't mind to play the bad guy as long as the bad guy has a base.

In my life, my parents wanted me to be a musician, I was supposed to go to Vienna to study piano. But this train wanted to go in another direction.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

We don't have any bad memories of the people of the United States.

On the nuclear issue, the first point is that the entire world must recognize that Iran does not seek a nuclear weapon, nor shall it seek a nuclear weapon.

It's almost impossible to have security at the expense of insecurity of others. It's almost impossible to have prosperity when there is a huge problem of poverty and backwardness all over the world.

Israel can never feel that it is in a safe place.

My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.

Whether you're talking about MSNBC or Fox or CNN, it's all about getting enough interest out there, sensationalizing the story in such a way that people are compelled to tune in.

Children never say that their father is the smartest; instead they boast that he's the strongest.

I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.

Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.

I'm a person of faith, and the language that I use to define my faith, the symbols and metaphors that I rely upon to express my faith, are those provided by Islam because they make the most sense to me.

No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.

Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term.

I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't something that we planned - it just gradually happened.

Independent cinema is more thoughtful, delicate. While Western blockbusters can have their own kind of delicateness, it's not delicate enough. You have to be ready to compromise to enter that field. I will do so only if it's worth it.

The biggest crime in Nabokov's 'Lolita' is imposing your own dream upon someone else's reality. Humbert Humbert is blind. He doesn't see Lolita's reality. He doesn't see that Lolita should leave. He only sees Lolita as an extension of his own obsession. This is what a totalitarian state does.

The Ebola epidemic was the most frightening outbreak I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I believe it was necessary to react globally as strongly as we did.

Football is getting more and more physical every day. There is no way to avoid contact.

I feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us.

Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us.

Anthony Bourdain. He make the food, he make the world news. He know who is the real gold medal. He know what I can do. I know what he can do. He like the Jesus. He the best.

When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.

Citizenship rights is about making all Iranians feel they are part of one nation, one identity, under one umbrella they can feel proud of.

We cannot pick a lifestyle and tell two generations after us to live like that. It is impossible.

My strength needs no victims. My strength is my compassion.

There is no privilege in restriction. In other words, I disagree with people who say restriction makes you more creative. I think that's a misleading slogan. I might have been more creative without them than with them.

I knew that Karimi would not come to the national team but invited him to show that I have no problem with anybody.

I will not summon any new player for the Saudi Arabia match in the 2010 World Cup qualification.

When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.

I love the people to see me as gold medal, Hall of Fame, world champion that knows how to make the world news and how to come from oldest counrty in the world to be most famous Iranian in the history.

I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.

There is no doubt that America is a superpower of the world and we cannot ignore them.

The younger generation is essentially idealistic. This applies to the Iranian youth as well. In addition, the youth in Iran face certain difficulties... the Iranian youth need more freedom. They are struggling for more freedom and democracy. This commands great respect.

Any nation has the right and will indeed defend herself.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

No one is innocent, and people are allowed to criticize everyone.

It is time for Iran and other stakeholders to begin to address the causes of tension in the wider Persian Gulf region. We need a sober assessment of the complex and intertwined realities here and consistent policies to deal with them. The fight against terror is a case in point.