Riaad Quotes & Sayings

Remember, we really grew up separately; our life experience was very different because of segregation. So I think comedy is a good space to work those things out and educate everyone about the different experiences and different race groups in South Africa. — Riaad Moosa

David set me to learn other skills, too, in those days of restless waiting. — Geraldine Brooks

What I wanted to do was the comedy, and I found that. I found my bliss, I think. — Riaad Moosa

She reached around me, grabbing my Gemini from the back pocket of my jeans. She touched its share button to hers. 'There,' she said, handing the phone back to me. 'You have my number. We should be friends now. — Lauren Miller

The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed. — Gijs De Vries

Religion is a distraction from true education. — Richard Dawkins

I'm a comedian who happens to be Muslim; my comedy stems on all forms of my identity. — Riaad Moosa

When I started out, it was around the whole 9/11 - Islamophobia was just sort of hitting a second wind. Obviously that informed a lot of my humor, and it influenced a lot of what I was talking about on stage because it was extremely relevant at the time. — Riaad Moosa

I use myself as a template for my comedy. So first my background as a Muslim man, my being a doctor, I talk about my family quite a lot, my kids. Anything that resonates with me I talk about. The important thing is it should be able to work in a family setting. — Riaad Moosa

There's a lot of work that goes into it - if you think about how many collections a year that Karl Lagerfeld has to do, with Chanel and all the other things he does - you can't do that unless you are working 18 hours a day. It's really a lot of hard, hard work. — Penelope Cruz

It's weird for minorities even just to buy tickets to the ballet. We feel like it's not a part of our lives and we're not a part of that world. — Misty Copeland

Both my parents are doctors, so from the time I was a child, I wanted to do medicine. — Riaad Moosa

The Muslims in the Cape are associated with having a very good sense of humor. — Riaad Moosa

Women's liberation by women who are already liberated through channels that would mess them up further — Nikhil Sharda

I think comedy tells a lot; you can tell what people think by what they laugh at. — Riaad Moosa

Europeans ridicule Muslim culture because they don't understand the wisdom behind it. Take swine flu for instance: all the sudden you've got Europeans scared of pigs - we've been saying that for years! — Riaad Moosa

I would never want to disrespect my beliefs. There are certain, obviously different, areas you wouldn't go. It's not congruent to who I am as a person, and it would be insincere, and it wouldn't be based on truth. — Riaad Moosa