Our prison in Georgia is a very different place from this prison here in Berlin. The conditions there are inhuman.

The West didn't see our real situation, and we were blinded by the compliments coming from the Europeans and Americans.

We lived in a totalitarian system for more than 70 years, and our views are still under its influence. Many heads of state in the former Soviet republics believe that they must have total power.

I think that our society will not allow anyone to establish a dictatorship again in the future. [Mikhail] Saakashvili will fail.

I made mistakes. My supporters and I failed to prevent a main like [Mikhail] Saakashvili from acquiring absolute power. I should have criticized him earlier on.

I hope to be granted asylum. Deportation [ from Germany] that would be a death sentence for me.

Georgian society can no longer be divided. I don't want to see our country's best minds leaving the country to try their luck abroad.

If you follow your heart, you will be happy.

Entrepreneur, your last 20 tweets has to be about your brain, brand and business.

Grade is only a number.

In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.'

Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of real music.

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage.

The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.

When you invite trouble, it's usually quick to accept.

So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, And now the morn quite hides in smoke and haze; The place we occupy seems all the world.

History is absolutely my thing.