Nobody thinks identically on Syria. But we share the same view with Russia that the future of the personalities in Syria will be determined by the people of Syria and not by people outside Syria.

You cannot have security at the expense of the insecurity of others.

If anything caused ISIS, it was the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

We call upon the nuclear-weapon states to immediately cease their plans to further invest in modernizing and extending the life span of their nuclear weapons and related facilities.

It is important for everybody to insure that the process will go on, that the ceasefire will hold. Of course, there is no ceasefire against Daesh [the Islamic State], Jabhat al Nusra, and Al Qaeda.

The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must.

Tehran believes it's none of our business or anybody else's to decide the future of personalities in other countries.

We've never declared war on anybody. We [Iran] defended ourselves against wars that were imposed on us. We have no desire to engage in confrontation with anybody.

Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used.

Iran's military hardware is less than a fraction of that of any of the countries in this region.

One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.

James Parkinson. George Huntington. Robert Graves. John Down. Now this Lou Gehrig fellow of mine. How did men come to monopolize disease names too?

The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment.

Poetry can cause irreparable harm when misapplied

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

We know very well that India's destiny is linked to world peace.

Any man who would walk five miles through the snow, barefoot, just to return a library book so he could save three cents - that's my kind of guy.

You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas.

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.

...language is not the frosting, it's the cake.

I would love to play Simon Cowell in a movie - heck, I would love it. It would be my dream role.