If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.

We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.

Terrorism is contempt for human dignity.

Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

Don't believe those who claim that only left wing parties really care about employment.

Unfortunately, religion, like patriotism, is easy to misuse for political purposes.

The way to get ahead is to start now.

I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arms.

I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant.

Square astronaut, round hole. But somehow, I'd managed to push myself through it, and here was the truly amazing part: along the way, I'd become a good fit. It had only taken 21 years.

[T]he harm [Clinton AG] Reno did to American national security in the fight against terror was incalculable.

But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilling yearnings.

The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher.

The river of time may fork into rivers, in which case you have a parallel reality and so then you can become a time traveler and not have to worry about causing a time paradox.

People from the past always seem to have much more time to create beautiful, intricate, delicate things that often reach the future in a kind of curled-up, capsized state.

I am always hoping to do another CD. This atmosphere has been difficult.