Every civilization sees itself as the center of the world and writes its history as the central drama of human history.

Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.

Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

The relations between countries in the coming decade are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries.

Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

Even at the time, [he] felt his anger to be out of proportion to the cause, but it represented an accumulation of resentment.

The world is in A major...the earth revolves in A major, a low A.

Acceleration can never happen if the baggage of the past in pulling you from behind!

You don't have to try, you just have to be.

Old wisdom out of the cluster of gathering shadows.

It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.

Whenever you give someone a present or sing a holiday song, you're helping Santa Claus. To me, that's what Christmas is all about. Helping Santa Claus!

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

I've been developing mobile for years before anybody else really thought it was that important.

We live in a community of people not so that we can suppress and dominate eachother or make each other miserable but so that we can better and more reliably satisfy all life's healthy needs.