Logo
Quote by Azar Nafisi
Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When the

Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Maos China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. – Azar Nafisi

Other quotes by Azar Nafisi

America was based on a poetic vision. What will happen when it loses its poetry? – Azar Nafisi

Category:
Poetry
Author
Azar Nafisi
Read Quote

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star – it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned. – Azar Nafisi

Category:
Dreams
Author
Azar Nafisi
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Religion
category

It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – H.L. Mencken

Category:
Religion

The whole point of Christianity is that everyone in the world, from Charles Manson to Mother Teresa, deserves to go to hell. – Sean Ningen

Category:
Religion

I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me. – Dwight L. Moody

Category:
Religion

Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe. – Elbert Hubbard

Category:
Religion

Random Quotes

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. – Voltaire

Category:
Men

I havent heard any music on the BBC World Service in a long time. Maybe Im listening at the wrong times. But not one single piece of music. – Aung San Suu Kyi

Category:
Music

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. – Anita Brookner

Category:
Charisma

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader. – Daisaku Ikeda

Category:
Hope