The best Quotes by Emily Rhodes

James Royce: "The Christians and the Jews didn't blow up the Capitol or run planes into the Twin Towers. Muslims did."
Emily Rhodes: "No, sir. Extremists did. And persecuting innocent people won't make any of us safer."

When your ship's taking on water, you don't jump. You grab a bucket.

Let me give you a little bit of free advice. DC is all about realtionships.

I'm starting to realize more than I ever wanted to, that doing the right thing doesn't always make you feel good.

We all want to do the right thing. But the right thing is seldom free.

Tragedy either makes people appreciate their fellow men, or fear them.

Alex: "You can't do that. You can't make promises that you won't be able to keep!"
Tom: "We're in Washington, they're the only promises we're allowed to make."

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

God never made no difference between black, white, blue, pink or green. People is people, y'know. That's the message we try to spread.

Why can't they understand the way we feel?
They just don't trust, what they can't explain
I know we're different, but deep inside us
We're not that different at all

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.

A moderate Islam? That's an objection.

Apparently, Islam can be a sensitive topic, and the producers say if I don't follow this script to the letter, there's a chance I'll cause a serious international incident.

Azucena de Muñoz: "The rules state, no accessories of any kind are permitted."
Nadia: "My hijab isn't an accessory."

Verily, I constantly renew my Islam until this very day, as up to now, I do not consider myself to have ever been a good Muslim.

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

Islam is a way of living rather than a way of thinking.

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

When you lose everything, that's when you're finally free.