I was confident that it [would] not in any way affect my ability to be impartial, objective and non-partisan.

Are Singaporeans so easily offended? Please. Have more of a backbone and thick-skin. Are you going to go on a frenzied witch hunt just because some foreigner called you a loser on the Internet?

Our people must once again realize that it is only hard work and excellence that leads to wealth creation.

Heroes don't exist. And if they did, I wouldn't be one of them.

I think you've got to get out whatever's hurting you through your art, so it doesn't twist you up inside.

By signing the Oslo accords in 1993 he took a giant step towards the realization of this vision. It is tragic that he did not live to see it fulfilled.

Necessity knows no magic formulae-they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Francis of Assisi's shoulders.

Noise pollution is a relative thing. In a city, it's a jet plane taking off. In a monastery, it's a pen that scratches.

To release others from the expectations we have of them is to really love them.

Oh, it's nice to get up in the mornin', But it's nicer to lie in bed.

Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value; then you are adding to the life of the world by every business transaction

I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.