352 Quotes by Marjane Satrapi

That's life! Sometimes you're on the horse's back, and sometimes it's the horse that's on your back.

We give meaning to life based on our point of view. Only wisdom, like the light of the candle, can bring us a complete view of existence. The key to wisdom is doubt! If you doubted a little, you would definitely be less arrogant.

Men's pride is situated in their scrotums.

I've never seen or touched anything.""Can you explain then how you had children?""You're right. It's true I have four kids. Four! But still I have never seen the male organ. He came into the bedroom, he turned off the light, and then Bam! Bam! Bam! and voila I was pregnant! What's more, I was granted four girls. So I have never seen penises.

It’s wonderful to have international friends.

We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.

I finally understood what my grandmother meant. If I wasn't comfortable with myself, I would never be comfortable.

I read “The Second Sex.”Simone explained that if women peed standing up, their perception of life would change.So I tried. It ran lightly down my left leg. It was a little disgusting.Seated, it was much simpler. And as an Iranian woman, before learning to urinate like a man, I needed to learn to become a liberated and emancipated woman.

Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.