You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people - 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.

I'm telling you, you can't compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.

I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.

You cannot play with fire.

Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.

You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.

If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all.

It is my responsibility to take advantage of my position to make the world a better place

My own center, my Kingdom Center, which is the highest priced tower in Saudi Arabia, was vacated twice because of terrorist attacks, terrorist threats.

I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.

No company should depend on one person no matter how that person is smart or genius, whether it's Apple or News Corp, or Citibank or any other company in the world.

The fragile nature of youth is at last hardened by the agony of experience.

Ink is the transcript of thought.

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

...It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.

I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.

I think every guy that's dated a girl or hasn't been straightaway into a relationship has had that 'so...' moment where a girl is like, 'Hey what are you doing?'

One of my experiences around feminist risk and change is that it's difficult, if not impossible, to put new wine into old wineskins.

Prayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that opens the heart of God.

Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.

You must not run your Organization as a functional hierarchy. You must understand it as a System.