When you talk about cooperation, it means cooperation between two legal governments, not cooperation between foreign government and any faction within Syria.

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.

The world is a Treasure Map

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

Now, kids are bulls**t meters. We can smell bulls**t right away. When something's not real, you can't connect to it.

Not everyone who has a savant skill I would equate with a genius.

In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds.

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

I don't mind dying, the trouble is you feel so bloody stiff the next day.

I do forgive people when they get it right, even people who in the past I thought were unforgivable.

If we aren’t prepared to be counter-cultural we aren’t ready to be Christians.

You can call me Mama T anytime.