Look how ridiculous are Americans. They blame us for everything.

Look how great we are. We are to blame for everything in the world, which means we are really, really important.

American election was really personal for Putin because he believed that Clinton is a personal enemy. He genuinely believed she was behind the Moscow protests in 2012, 2011.

Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.

I know where I'm going. And if I don't know where I'm going, I don't tend to get anywhere.

In the 40,000 year time scale we're all the same people. We're all equally primitive, give or take two or three thousand years here or a hundred years there.

I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.

I have a hard time watching people getting punched on screen; I have to close my eyes a lot.

One of the things about powerful people is they have the ability to make it look easy.

The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.

Negative thinking keeps us from enjoying life.

A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it.

I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression.