"When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group."

"Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization."

"We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure."

"I was thought to be retarded as a child, and all the evidence indicates that I was."

"My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible."

"When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course."

"The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated."