Time is a great ocean which, like the other ocean, overflows with our remains.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

It is better to be alone then to be in a relationship, while you are trying to figure out what love means to you.

But part of surviving is being able to move on.

Love taught me to cry So come on courage! Teach me to be shy.

My activism was, and is, unknown, unannounced, but somehow effective.

This willingness to be frank and plain about the way that the world is, is a good first step. But that doesn't mean that you get what you want.

I think of the women I know, and very few of them are obsessed with shopping, or with getting a guy - they want their own thing, they have their own network going on.

Confidence is when you stand over a shot and know you're going to make it because you've done it time and time again.

We live in a vale of tears...We can have all the dreams we like, but life is hard, implacable, sad.

You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.

First of all I think of puppets as sculpture. They are sculpture that moves. You could label it any way you want, but for me it always starts in my mind as a sculpture.