Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.

In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.

If you are weak, anyone can come and kick you

Peter Mandelson is one of the most odious, self-satisfied, misogynistic men I have ever met. Compellingly, fascinatingly horrible.

The best justification governments can find to shut down information is that lives are at risk. In fact, lives have been at risk as a result of the silences and lies revealed in these leaks.

Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who are unafraid of death and desire martyrdom.

I think the world of politics is pretty sleazy.

Great success doesn't come without a little bit of risk.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

When you work regularly, inspiration strikes regularly.

Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be.

I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit.

No matter what happens to me, I will always love the people of Syria.

I put my heart and soul into my book - great story and awesome characters... yet people are trying to pull me down.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

Teamwork," Koteks snarled, "is one word for it, yeah. What it really is is a way to avoid responsibility. It's a symptom of the gutlessness of the whole society.

If I were a player, I would like to be like Busquets.