A small country like Georgia has little influence on conflicts that must be resolved at the global level.

There are eight different breeds of peacock. I have them all.

Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO.

This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom.

I may not be a politician, but I will fight to the end of my life for what I believe in.

I have money, but my most important capital is the trust of the people.

Since the whole village was poor, we didnt realize our own poverty. I was happy.

I have always lived according to my conscience, and my past is clean.

Any private security is a joke in a country where youre up against your own government.

I travel as much as I can and meet people.

I get no pleasure from politics; its not in my character.

Better live than dead.

A life of joy awaits the man who sits alone quietly in a room and determines what he himself believes rather than simply adopting the values of another.

One would have to say "in the end everything is a gag, etc" because everything is infinitely more than just a gag. The same applies to other "is"-statements such as "Laughter is an instant vacation"

So the dubbed conceit Played nursery of cheat To clear the I of sleet.

How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and is more and more difficult to check?

Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

We become truly personal by loving God and by loving other humans... In its deepest sense, love is the life, the energy, of the Creator in us.

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you.