There's no place for mob justice in Afghanistan.

We live in an interconnected world, and you cannot prevent people from leaving. What you need to do is to create opportunities. At the same time, people are also coming back.

Do not ever threaten an Afghan with violence. We will rise as one and we will face every threat the way we have taken on thousands of previous armies and conquerors.

When windows shatter through a bomb, we will repair it next week because we are Afghans. That's the spirit.

We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he that pays the price.

The job of an elected president is to overcome the past and change the playing field.

Peace is a national issue, not only government's responsibility.

We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai.

It [terrorism] happened because intelligence, leadership and police failures made it possible.

The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.

Deadlines concentrate the mind. But deadlines should not be dogmas.

There appears to be value in getting past a mentality that good things can only rest in good things.

... Hoping like hell she was wrong about Dominic, and he was just a secretive man with a strange skin disorder.

We have met the Devil of Information Overload and his impish underlings, the computer virus, the busy signal, the dead link, and the PowerPoint presentation.

After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’

My art is the way I reestablish the bonds that tie me to the universe.

He's my usual type of fan... a school shooter who didn't have bullets and now he's all awkward and alone.

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.

I'm very fortunate in the sense that outside of cohabitating relationships and so forth, I've always got on just as well with women.

Don't let high-speed completely replace high-touch. Your customers may appreciate both.

Probably the TV show I've watched the most is 'How It's Made' on the History Channel. I could watch 24 hours of 'How It's Made' and never get bored.