352 Quotes by Marjane Satrapi

Racism is not nearly as important as poverty. That's the same around the world. What look like ethnic problems are really economic issues. If you look closely at all these conflicts around the world, they come down to poverty and economics and resources. The more poverty, the worse the war.

All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that human beings, no matter where they come from, they are the same.

The information I have about Iran is second hand.

Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term.

I am absolutely not a feminist, I am against stupidity, and if it comes from males or females, it doesn't change anything. If it means that women and men, they are equal, then OK, certainly I am a feminist.

Hunger eats civilization. The West is not hungry; that's why they can say they're so civilized. Civilization is the biggest bluff!

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.

I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened.

A well-trained cat doesn't exist because a cat remains a cat.