There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is, and if the book has any kind of message, I suppose that's it.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

The destiny of any country is in the hands of the people who know God

You don't have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great.

There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.

Drawing need not be the bones of art, but skill must always be the skeleton of accomplishment.

Live every day as if you've come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking.

A moderately honest man with a moderately faithful wife, moderate drinkers both, in a moderately healthy house: that is the true middle class unit.

A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.

If I really want to do something, I'll go in and do whatever the director feels that he needs me to do.

All my wife wanted for Valentine's Day was a little card - American Express.

Alex [Kendrick] and I started out the whole film-making journey as a desire to reach people for Christ and try to impact their lives for him.