Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

The only moment we need in our lives, is the moment right now as we don't know what tomorrow may bring or the destruction of your world.

The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility.

If you play angry, you lose what you're supposed to do. On defense we just read our keys and play fast.

Fear is the emotion behind hatred. Fear comes when you are threatened either physically or emotionally or psychologically.

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

I had severe asthma and kidney problems and would get 105-degree fevers. I actually almost had to go on dialysis for my kidneys. I was also in the hospital for pneumonia.

Celebrate your own special spirit fly on the wings of your secret dreams

I’m a capitalist, not a corporatist. I’m not someone who believes we should be bailing out corporations whether their auto industries, or banks.

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.