In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

If one person has an imaginary friend they're crazy, if many people have the same imaginary friend its religion

To lovers of the truth, nothing can be put before God and hope in Him.

Asia is still dominated by skyscrapers. I hope that, in European cities, it will become a declining trend. They were almost never necessary.

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want it to be. So I live with failure.

I don't know why his lawyers didn't tell him, 'You don't have to answer any questions about your private life, Mr. President. Let them sue you. Take the heat. You don't have to answer.'

I just watched the entire season of 'Louie' in one flight. What an amazing show.

By putting yourself in that intense form of stress, it makes regular life more peaceful.

Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bileless New Year and leave it at that.

[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people.

I can be very messy and disorganized. And I don't throw away anything.