Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.

I am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoints and things of that sort.

On the banks of the Nile, the Rosetta branch, I lived an enjoyable childhood in the City of Disuq, which is the home of the famous mosque, Sidi Ibrahim.

From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature.

Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.

The soft power of science has the potential to reshape global diplomacy.

I'd rather have the influence than the power, and the influence to me is to build institutions of independence and democracy, to regain for Egypt prestige in education and science and technology.

Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.

In today's world, America's soft power is commonly thought to reside in the global popularity of Hollywood movies, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Starbucks.

Despite differences of faith or even the occasional collisions between them, Egypt is united.

Every effort should be made to help build the new democratic nation with reconciliation and forgiveness, for the sake of Egypt and not for the benefit of a party or a group.

The two old friends stood silently in the fading light, though you wouldn’t have known it to look at them. That they were old friends, I mean. Anyone could see it was getting dark.

We reflect the color of our thoughts

No real friendship is ever made without an initial clashing which discloses the metal of each to each.

Until we can understand the assumptions in which we are drenched we cannot know ourselves.

Don't let me hear you say life takes you nowhere, angel.

A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.

The motive force of history is truth and not lies.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

We can't say whether Tehran is supporting Al Qaeda, but we do know that al-Qaida people come here from Pakistan through Iran.