Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.

if you rest at work, you will work at rest

Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.

I am a Soviet man, and Yeltsin is a Soviet man - maybe our grandchildren will be different.

If we seek a positive outcome, we must begin with a positive attitude.

I don't regret at all saying that if I saw Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his people that that would change my assessments in terms of what we were or were not willing to do in Syria.

You become what you think. You are what you eat.

Women are increasingly perceptive about the way media images are manipulated

How would you ever learn unconditional love if you were married to someone who met all the conditions?

I want to be working with directors who are at the top of their game. I want to be raising the bar for myself, and to me, the best way to do that is to prove to them that I'm the best for this job.