Oriana Fallaci Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.”

“Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.”

“I am a danger to myself if I get angry.”

“A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.”

“Alas, nothing reveals man the way war does. Nothing so accentuates in him the beauty and ugliness, the intelligence and foolishness, the brutishness and humanity, the courage and cowardice, the enigma.”

“The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette.”

“Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is.”

“How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!”

“Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.”

“Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.”