The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.

Go forth from our holy land and go back to your families who are waiting for you impatiently, that you and we, as well, lead a peaceful life together.

I have said it many times: the policy of exclusion and the policy of marginalization must end in Iraq.

Divisiveness is not good for the people.

The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come.

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.

May God preserve you and watch over you.

Everything that happens is determined by God.

Do not betray the people.

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.

I beg you not to resort to demonstrations, for they have become nothing but burned paper.

Can we just stop pretending that skinny jeans are a good look on anyone? Can we just band together and go for a boot cut, please? Ladies?

Every action in the present prepare us for the future.

If an artist is not only he who sings or paints, but he who express himself by words or drawing then I can consider myself as one.

I probably believe in God in a non-denominational way.

I wasn't one of the cool kids by any stretch. I just bumbled along really.

You saw him standing out there, and you knew you had a pretty damn good chance to win the baseball game.

New York seems very very foreign to me, like more foreign than almost anywhere in America, and almost anywhere in the world, I find it like one of the most overwhelming places.

Don't hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it's a lie.

Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry

I think the most common meme is that it's too difficult to change. It's too risky to change. My nature doesn't allow me to change.