A stomach accustomed to hunger is satisfied with very little.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

I’d rather be miserable loving you than happy with anyone else.

I want you to kick Egg, Tea and Clipper out of the band!” - Daisy

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.

It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.

I don't go for the flash and panache.

My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.

We tend to let our freedoms slip away because they are tucked away in documents and policies that we don't ever deal with directly.