People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time.

Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well.

Afghanistan will be a brother of Pakistan. Afghanistan will never betray a brother

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

Where liberty dies, evil grows.

Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.

I hope (the United States) will change and they will now focus entirely on helping and building a stronger, better Afghanistan.

The people of Afghanistan will continue to remember his lasting friendship with the people of Afghanistan as well as his unstinting support during the years of jihad against the Soviets.

If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.

Life without Liberty is far worse than death.

No peace will arrive unless the U.S. or Pakistan want it.

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.

Love can tame the wildest.

My sister is going to have a simple wedding. Just immediate family. And whoever the hell would want to marry her.

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.

When you create a basic budget and stick to it, it will suddenly seem like you have more money.

Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails.

It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that, perhaps, is what makes him different from others.

The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once.

Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.