If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.

If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.

Don't promise me forever, just love me day by day.

War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.

In the end nobody knows how it's done — how art is made. It can't be explained. Optical devices are just tools. Understanding a tool doesn't explain the magic of creation. Nothing can.

I don't believe in careers. I believe in work. I'm not interested in some 'big picture that would be really good for me'.

Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets.

Getting lost is not fatal. Almost every time, it will make your world bigger.

Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century.

Baltimore is permissiveness. The pleasures of the flesh, the table, the bottle, and the purse are tolerated with a civilized understanding.