Nomani Quotes

#1. We heard from a professor at an evangelical college who wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslim women. Now we have a different perspective. Asra Nomani co-wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post titled in part "As Muslim Women, We Actually Ask You Not To Wear The Hijab."

Ari Shapiro

#2. When I can stand up without scaring the shit out of a hospital full of people, will you maybe want to go get married or something? Because I'm scared to death I'm going to lose you if I don't make you legally mine.

Mercy Celeste

#3. You celebrate a person's life by living your life fully.

Asra Nomani

#4. Yet Barkley drew back. Perhaps he, like Harry Truman, knew that the quiet power of incumbency easily overcomes the noise of crowds and bands.

David Pietrusza

#5. True contemplation is reflecting on the blessings of God in your life.

Harold Klemp

#6. I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

Bill Joy

#7. There is a fundamental flaw in interpretations of sharia that say a woman or man should be punished for sex outside of marriage

Asra Nomani

#8. My first dissatisfaction has always been with religion.

Marilyn Manson

#9. We don't believe we are too sexy for our hair.

Asra Nomani

#10. Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.

Ulrike Marie Meinhof

#11. I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them.

Glenn Close

#12. My earliest memory is aged three, seeing sunlight on water and feeling it was really magical.

Miranda July

#13. I decided to no longer wonder what would have happened if things had worked out differently. And instead, I would focus on what was in front of me. I would focus on reality instead of asking myself questions about fictions.

Taylor Jenkins Reid

#14. I'm about as intimidating as a butterfly.

Dan Howell

#15. When you're applying for jobs, it's best to be employed while doing it. You want the world to know that you're not lollygagging between gigs, but instead have a lot of choices in front of you and are actively charting your own path.

Sophia Amoruso

#16. Very interestingly in a movement that I call now the hijab lobby, sadly promulgated by women that some of us refer to as Muslim mean girls and their friends, are trying to put out this meme that we are denying women their choice.

Asra Nomani