All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.

In Australia there are not limits on what you can believe but there are limits on how you can behave. It's called the law, and no one is above it.

That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.

I'm not against free trade but I'm against free trade deals that are negotiated badly, that actually compromise jobs, manufacturing jobs, compromise the national interest.

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happened to say it by chance, they would not know they had done so.

...men unite against none so readily as against those whom theysee attempting to rule over them.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

I will venture to maintain that where the teacher is not pleasing to the pupil, there is no education.

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

You were born to soar not to snore.

You are the slave of your mind!

Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution.

I am used to being beautiful. I have been beautiful for so long that it is an essential part of me. I would not be the same spiritually if I had not been beautiful.

If in our hearts we really don't believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.

They [Iran] are going to end up getting nuclear. I met with Bibi Netanyahu the other day. Believe me, he's not a happy camper.

I aspire to be able to appreciate and review a director based on their accomplishments and based on who they are and what they bring to the material, regardless of their gender.

But I remember one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf; it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all

I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that.

I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.