I think 40 is a good age to run a country. But I've always been fast.

Judge for yourself who's still fighting for change and who got sick on power, because the person in the Miraflores has forgotten about the people of Venezuela.

Venezuelans are tired of 14 years of promises and no results. The only things growing are inflation, murder and crime. The good indicators - production, education and jobs - are all falling.

I'm like a ship captain: I have a woman in every port.

The best university is the university of life.

I have never lost an election yet. I am a winner. Let's just say that.

When you're in prison, you either embrace religion or you reject it. I embraced it it was a very spiritual time for me.

The foreign policy of this government is driven by politics - to extend a revolution worldwide. My objective with regards to foreign relations is to benefit all Venezuelans.

I aspire to be the president of all Venezuelans. The message is clear. Venezuelans are fed up with confrontation, with division.

You are surrounded by endless possibilities with your potential being the sum total of your beliefs.

To the romantic soul, the rituals of Valentine's Day echo every day of the year.

To be restored to Christ is to know a fulfilled life

We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.

We need a reform of the Security Council. It must be perceived as truly representative by all the 191 member states, to uphold the credibility and legitimacy of the UN as the main political arena.

Marry your son when you will, but you daughter when you can.

Much that we hug today as knowledge is ignorance pure and simple. It makes the mind wander and even reduces it to a vacuity.

I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.

If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how "important" it is?

I always say we got 700 pounds of pork up front. They're going to hold guys down and allow us linebackers to make a lot of plays. Even in practice. I'm loving it, man.