You can have an elected parliament that makes laws, but if the judiciary is appointed by the Supreme Leader - who is a representative of God - then you're kind of at an impasse.

I think Iran is the kind of place where it's difficult to predict what's going to trigger structural change. It's hard to also predict the role that civil disobedience or mass protests could play.

It was the first time she had ever felt the kind of loneliness that couldn't be cured with just any available company.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

If we don't reform how healthcare is delivered in this country, then we are not going to be able to get a handle on that escalating healthcare costs.

Some people put us down. But I still haven't heard of any Americans trying to swim across the border into Mexico!

Focus on your buyers and your buyers problems

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Im a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I dont like passive good guys.

It's 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, except there's just one degree, and Kevin Bacon is Hitler. Can I play? Let's see. Mother Teresa had a mustache. Hitler had a mustache. Mother Teresa is Hitler!

Detroits industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.

When you understand things, there's no more magic.