Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more or less automatically, appears.

As the most religious country of the 18 surveyed, the U.S. also comes in with the highest rates for teen pregnancy and for gonorrhea and syphilis.

It doesn't matter what we think we are there [in Afghanistan] for; it matters what they think. They think we are invaders.

The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot faster than their climate models predicted.

The real requirement, if we are to avoid runaway global warming, is probably 80% by 2030, and almost no burning whatever of fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil) by 2050.

What makes the Arabs suitable candidates for democracy is their heritage as human beings, not their specific cultural or historical antecedents.

No man is ever just one thing.

Esther so badly wanted to save her father, to bring him back from the half death that had become his life. Every time he reminded her that he couldn’t be saved, Esther’s heart broke a little more.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

Life is sad. People, you know, are going to pass, and you know that you will one day.

I ain't a thug - how much Tupac in you you got?

The projector will soon disappear. The camera, not really. OK, it depends... it depends on change.

If I was going to do Fall Out Boy, I wanted it to be a real outlet for my writing.

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

The companionship of a secret is often corruptive to good habits, such as sleep and appetite.

Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.