There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.

In the modern age where everything is connected to everything, the most important thing about what you can do is what you can do with others.

The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?

The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.

Truth and reconciliation' are always combined, but I would split them: I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.

The advent of interconnectedness and of weapons of mass destruction means that, increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy.

I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.

Politics is compromise.

I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.

The United States will remain the most powerful nation on Earth for the next 10, 15 years, but the context in which she holds her power has now radically altered.

I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do.

Live a sacred life in the fullness God’s grace.

Every man carries his own past with him, " Hayt said.

A man can believe in a considerable deal of rubbish and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg.

I hope they change my drugs soon. Whatever I'm on isn't working.

I would like to assure those who would serve Daridranarayana that there is music, art, economy and joy in the spinning wheel.

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.

You have to keep your audience in your mind; if you're writing stuff that you know nobody's going to care about then you should rethink what you're doing!

My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back into the education wars.

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.