Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.

There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.

Circumstances don't matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.

It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.

Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.

The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.

[Chemical weapons] isn't about what the United States believe in, it's about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don't have to discuss it.

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

I envy the tireless intimacy of women’s friendship, its lastingness, and its unbendable strength.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

Whenever I use to think of others, I had to sacrifice myself...., Its called life in earth where you had to think a lot to do or not to do, the things you like or dislike.....

And he nipped them in the bud, right at the end

I look crazy, but I'm not. And the funny thing is, that other people don't look crazy, but they are.

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you wanted.

As an artist, where do you conjure these concepts? They come through you instead of through cognitive thought.

When You're young, you get sad, and you get high.

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.