We are worried that rebels are taking control in many countries, and look at the results now. Are you satisfied as an American ? What are the results ? Nothing. Very bad - nothing good.

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.

There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.

Circumstances don't matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.

It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.

Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.

The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.

[Chemical weapons] isn't about what the United States believe in, it's about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don't have to discuss it.

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.

A strong man does not succumb to pressures, he knows that without pressures he will not find pleasures and so he will not be made.

Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.

The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.

The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic.

I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do.

In the age of information, ignorance is a choice. Question everything. Don't believe everything you hear. Come to your own conclusions.

The trade-unionist has the same limitation imposed upon him as the capitalist. He cannot advance his interests at the expense of society.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

So much of who we are is where we have been.