People are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles.

As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood.

In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.

A politician complaining about the media is like a sailor complaining about the sea.

Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice are a cheap price.

All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.

The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.

The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen.

Films portraying successful black people getting married are great, but films that only show one aspect of our culture, bother me.

People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious than that they are true.

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

A great deal remains to be done in Afghanistan and the jury is out as to whether the international community has the commitment and the patience to see the rebuilding process through.

In 2012, African-Americans were 13 percent of the electorate, and 93 percent of them voted for [Barack] Obama.

What peace can they have who are not at peace with God?

It's always an honor to be ranked high, but whatever is said about you, you take it and then take a realistic look at yourself and who you are.

I always say the best Thai restaurant in Dubai is my home.

I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.

Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.