29 Quotes by Bassem Youssef

Human rights” became an infamous phrase. In the state-run media, they accused anyone supporting human rights of using it as an excuse to create chaos to destroy the country from within.

A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.

There's no glory and no respect in making fun of the weak, the powerless.

I do think that this planet is a totally unjust planet. I mean throughout history - history paints a beautiful picture when it's written by the victorious, but it's a planet that belongs to the strong and the more able, and usually they are tyrants. So basically, I don't see justice happening to the crushed and the weak.

Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That's the definition of political sarcasm.

The joke is mightier than the sword.

Countries aren't built by boring people.

We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.

My show in Egypt was called, 'The Show,' or, 'Al Bernameg' in Arabic. Basically, it was a political satire show. It started on Internet by three, four-minute episodes, and then it evolved into a live show in a theater, which was something that was unprecedented in the Arab world.