I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can.

If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to amuse itself.

I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright.

I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it.

If there was one formula for our success,it was that we were constantly studying how to make things work,or how to make them work better.

A leader without the vision, to strive to improve things, is no good. Then you will just stay put, you won't progress.

Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.

I'm not saying that everything I did was right, but everything I did was for an honourable purpose.

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.

Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.(from "Gratitude")

Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.

Italian hospitals are great. The doctor smoking in the emergency room will sign any prescription you ask for.

An honest man, that is not quite sober, has nothing to fear.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

My memoirs are full of humor, I had to change jokes because it was a little too dark.

We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

We say no to the peace that keeps us on our knees, no to the peace that keeps us in chains, no to the false peace that denies the values and contributions of our peoples.

To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.