I do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some people are more influential without a public confrontation.

If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.

World population needs to be decreased by 50%

Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.

This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.

It is one of history's ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.

It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

And, suddenly, as if her head cleared, she was quite sure that wonderful things did indeed exist. Even if they're only in my own mind, she thought, they're there and worth fighting for.

But-Jace what are you doing?' 'Finishing my shower. And if you‘ve made me run through all the hot water, I‘ll be very annoyed.

No one told you to call your band Salacious Mold, my friend." "We're Millennium Lint now," Simon protested

I never think of death: I am too busy thinking of life.

Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wantedto build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

Pointless thinking is worse than no thinking at all.

I can wrap my legs around my neck.

It would be a shame to go out with a hot girl you can't have a decent conversation with!

Who were the best players I had ever played against? Raul, Messi, Zidane.