Iman Youssef > Iman's Quotes

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“قد كان بوسعي أن أتجمّل..
أن أتكحّل
أن أتدلّل..
أن أتحمّص تحت الشمس
وأرقُص فوق الموج ككلّ الحوريّاتْ
قد كان بوسعي
أن أتشكّل بالفيروز، وبالياقوت،
وأن أتثنّى كالملكات
قد كان بوسعي أن لا أفعل شيئاً
أن لا أقرأ شيئاً
أن لا أكتب شيئاً
أن أتفرّغ للأضواء.. وللأزياء.. وللرّحلاتْ..
لكنّي خنتُ قوانين الأنثى
واخترتُ ..مواجهةَ الكلماتْ”
― سعاد محمد الصباح

“أنا لست أنثاك ،ياسيِّدي
ففتِّشْ عن امرأةٍ ثاِنَيةْ..
تشابه أيَّةَ سجَّادةٍ
في بلاط الرَّشيدْ...
أنا امرأةٌ مِنْ فضاءٍ بعيدٍ
ونجمٍ ٍ بعيدْ..
فلا بالوعودِ ألينُ..
ولا بالوعيدْ..”
― سعاد محمد الصباح

“أنا امرأةٌ
تنفرُ من أفعالِ النَهْيِ
وتنفُرُ من أفعال الأمرْ”
― سعاد الصباح

“B*tch: a reflection of people’s lack of creativity & inability to acknowledge & embrace a powerful woman; a woman who won’t comply.”
― Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You

“Sometimes, if not most of the time, you find out who you are by figuring out who and what you are not.”
― Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You

“That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
― George Carlin

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“Anytime a woman competes with another woman she demeans herself.”
― Sherry Argov, Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl―A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship