“I've had the same best friends since I was five years old; they're sti...” — Maysoon Zayid Quote

“I've had the same best friends since I was five years old; they're still my best friends. I was never bullied. I was never made fun of.”

“I shake all the time. It's exhausting and causes chronic pain in my joints and muscles. It is also the only life I have ever known. I use yoga, dance, nutrition, and breathing to help manage my symptoms.”

“The most obvious thing I do is I don't wear a burqa, and I'm definitely not oppressed. Plus, I'm quite obviously an independent thinker, which means as soon as I walk on stage, I dispel a lot of those stereotypes.”

“Forget Paula Dean; when it comes to on-air celebrity chefs, no one makes my stomach go pitter-patter more than Chef Anthony Bourdain. He is absolutely fearless.”

“See, I'm totally fearless. I got my chops in the most, like, dangerous comedy atmosphere. If you can make it in New York, you can really do stand-up anywhere.”

“If you elect a religious party into power, you no longer have a democracy.”

“Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter.”

“When I was a child I had something called Perthes' Disease which meant I was on crutches, so I was bullied at school and all that sort of stuff.”

“I don't have resentments towards anyone I played with or to the guy who bullied me in the sixth grade. I've worked through it.”

“I think that being bullied is a shameful experience.”

“I can't stand it when people get bullied or feel ugly or worthless.”

“When I was a kid and I was getting bullied at school and I was really upset, I'd say, 'I don't know anyone like me, I don't see anyone like me on the TV or on the radio or the newspaper, and that sucks! That's not fair.'”