Poverty and deprivation lead to frustration, making the masses vulnerable to exploitation by extremist organizations.

We must learn from history, there is no military solution for the Kashmir issue...we have to understand this reality.

Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one.

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

There is nothing wrong with intellectual differences flowing from freedom of thought as long as such differences remain confined to intellectual debates.

I believe in sympathy, compassion and forgiveness.

We claim Islam as Deen or a complete way of life.

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

Yes I think so, absolutely. It should be stopped, nobody should be talking of hatred and militancy and aggression.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

We have our own brains.

Also, there are seats in the diner that always fall off the table. If you have a scene where you're packing up at the end of the day and putting them on the table, they just slide off.

Federal spending is atrocious.

The brain's strong point is its flexibility. It is unsurpassed at making shrewd guesses and at grasping the total meaning of information presented to it.

Working at Moschino has been great because I just have to deliver when I have to deliver.

Writing well has everything to do with being able to read one's own work with an eye toward the unmet possibilities that are there.

The core of the Marxist critique of capitalism is that although the individual capitalist is rational (as liberals assume), the capitalist system itself is irrational.

The Moon and Pleiades have set, / Midnight is nigh, / The time is passing, passing, yet / Alone I lie.

Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way.