The job of dictator is now a high-risk job.

Did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction.

In politics, one is never finished. Look at me!

Paint your life with the colors of kindness so that you may find the true bliss of happiness.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.

You mainly feel the way you think.

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

Having small group once a week gives me a lot of encouragement and accountability. Even though I go to church, I don't really know many people there, but my real community is my small group.

Or in other words, it's the substance you've got when you start that determines the outcome.

I'm going to escape now.

Announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. The Taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars.

I had absolutely no focus as a kid. I never paid attention at school, I never went to college. Not because we were too poor; we were. But if I wanted to go to college, I would have found a way.