In general, fakirs, like scribes and potters, are sitting down, when he's standing up, a fakir is just like an other man, and sitting down, he'll be smaller than the others.

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.

Faith is the deepest and truest form of magic.

Money is not the priority. A step to dream big and planning of your dreams is a premier action that will see you through a start of your journey to success.

Did I have the courage to forge a path

I think hell's a real place where real people spend a real eternity.

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible. Once you start believing in yourself, your dreams take shape. The more you believe, the more you achieve.

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.

So my view's quite clear. I believe Cryptocurrencies, bitcoin is the first example, i believe they're going to Change the world.

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts

Female friendships are important because they help define us in a particular time and place.

I've spent the last few years just really actively pursuing comedy and that's something I always wanted to know how to do.