Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life.

Atheism is without God. It does not assert no God.

If you didn’t take the picture, you weren’t there.

Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so rich inward.

I'm proud of the two adjectives, superficial and frivolous.

But I could always tell in her eyes if she got really pissed at me, and her eyes were still pretty smiley

The media can make boxers, controls who makes it big and who doesn’t. They can build up fighters or knock them down.

There's some of Romeo's romance in me... I romanticise a lot of things in my mind.

I think I'm a better comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress, but everybody believes I'm this dramatic actress and I'll take it.