I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.

We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.

We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.

The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth

We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.

If you run from a leaking roof you'll end up with a flood.

We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave.

From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II

And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief

Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.

The farmer works the soil The agriculturist works the farmer.

It is difficult to live in the present ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.

In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word.

In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are allowing this carnage to continue

If I hadn't been living here [in America], do you think we would have gotten a Grammy? No chance.

I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didn't come true.

Forget what you know about disability.

As an artist, it's possible to get tired of yourself.