I'm brash and abrasive but that's because I've noticed when people are nice and polite they never get anywhere.

I cannot keep quiet even when I am a lone voice.

Malaysians, during the colonial period, were not given the top positions: we were always subordinate. Fortunately for us, the people who took over were mainly civil servants: people who were serving the Government.

Some people say that we here have no freedom of religion, ... In reality, the people in that country are the ones who were forced to embrace a religion.

Membership of an organisation is good, as long as you can make yourself heard.

If you know each other well, you want to do business with people you know well. You don't do business with strangers.

Any organisation has a future, provided it is properly led and it sticks to the objective of that organisation.