Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who have seen the Taj Mahal and love it and those who have not seen the Taj and love it.

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.

I did not have sexual relations with that woman

NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good paying American jobs. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't support this agreement.

It is dangerously destabilizing to have half the world on the cutting edge of technology while the other half struggles on the bare edge of survival.

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.

It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is.

I admire that about the Republicans: The evidence does not faze them. They are not bothered at all by the facts.

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline.

AIDS is no longer a death sentence for those who can get the medicines. Now it's up to the politicians to create the "comprehensive strategies" to better treat the disease.

Liberty is about being free and is granted by laws and conventions and government permissions. Freedom is about feeling free, and the only permission you need for that is your own.

In every argument there is a discovery of truth and a bed of success.

Perfection is the enemy of authenticity.

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.

I do not see the point in dressing and acting and speaking in a way that makes you feel more comfortable and me feel less comfortable.

I'm a true believer in not forcing anything. I hate forced art, forced anything.

If gold rusts, what then can iron do?

If you want to find out how much someone loves you, find out how much they pray for you.

I was beaten up wherever I went, and people shouted at me and cursed me and threw things at me.

A kite can be flown in an absolute vacuum if it can be towed at the speed of light.