There is no human law or law of God or national law that states that any healthy being has to permit the snake to eat the mouse - but on the other hand, it is perfectly justified to defend the mouse.

Armenia was always a minority nation. The Armenians were annihilated by the Russians and then by the Turks.

Oppression is the essence of power.

I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart.

I do not feel guilty of any war crimes, I have only done my duty as an intelligence organ, and I refuse to serve as an ersatz for Himmler.

I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge.

Russia demanded Armenian territories, very cleverly using long-standing, bitter fights between Armenians and Turks.

Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink.

Most of us think too much of speech, which is but the shell of thought.

There are two types of women. The ones who wait to receive flowers and the ones who go out and pick them.

All great men endure tribulations, to achieve their goals.

I think everyone dreams of that nice romantic wedding.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

As the 'critic of color,' I'm frequently asked to review Indian and Pakistani writers.

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

I don't want to be somebody else.

O, how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors.