“Politics is not just about power and domination, but about truth.”

“He came to believe that this was the very sort of thing that happened when you let yourself get caught in one culture's insistence that love ought to be like this or that. The key for people like him, he ultimately concluded, in this as in most matters, was to be nimble. Your privilege as an immigrant was to pick and choose your inheritance, maintain what suited you and participate merely to the extent of your patience and interest. It was not in your nature to align with one side fully, and so you couldn't help but make a life that was both apart and among. You didn't make one choice and stick with it but, rather, hundreds of minor choices with which you created a unique path through the corridors of old traditions and the avenues of the new. And you cultivated this dividedness because you carried always the imprint of that first move -- the decision to leave home. Indeed, this initiating choice, more than anything, was your true inheritance.”

“I felt that they are mentally retarded people. There is a mental problem with our players. They don't know how to wear their clothes and how to talk in a civilized manner.”

“Berusaha menjadi yang kecil tetapi membesarkan, yang sedikit tapi mencukupi, yang baru tapi selalu menyesuaikan, yang biasa saja tapi berguna.”

“Politics is not about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives”

“Politics isn't about big money or power games, it's about the improvement of people's lives. Paul Wellstone”

“Tanah semakin penat dengan perangai manusia yang tidak mengenal erti pijak dan memijak.Angin menangis memasuki rongga hidung manusia.Air semakin kering kerana tiadanya kehijauan.Api sentiasa akur dengan kemanusiaan.”