I'm a very hopeful person.

For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people.

I just found that the knowledge of ordinary Americans about Iran is very small - which is totally expected.

I think in any country you have macro situations and micro ones.

I'm planning on how I want to tell my own story. I feel like my situation and my experiences are unique in some ways.

A lot will have to happen globally and personally before the stars would align.

I think that I'm a really optimistic person.

I'm always surprised when I read a story that's reported from a great distance.

Spirituality is the strength of being.

Your tears for others will float you closer toward God.

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

I think [Donald Trump] is now talking about engaging in countries on a bilateral basis.

When you die, God and the Angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself.

Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.

The world will give you that once in awhile, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life.

I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.

A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.

I bounded o'er the mountains, by the sides of the deep rivers, and the lonely streams, wherever nature led.