The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.

It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.

Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.

I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.

The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.

We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.

My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.

When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.

It is a different world today from what it was then. It will be a different world tomorrow from what it is today.

I don't have any understanding of a human being who doesn't respect the beauty of life and that goes for all creatures that have thoughts, feelings and needs.

When you read the book you see that these guys aren't holding any punches. They're straightforward. They're honest. They're giving you their honest opinion.

Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player!

I have all the defects of other people yet everything they do seems to me inconceivable.

Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.

Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts.

I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old.

Men don't mature. Marry a younger one.

It is lost, lovely child, somewhere in the ragbag that I laughingly refer to as my memory.