Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake.

We are not afraid of economic sanctions or military intervention. What we are afraid of is Western universities.

Islamic state means a state based on justice and democracy and structured upon Islamic rules and laws.

Islam is politics or it is nothing.

After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.

In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded.

If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out.

In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic.

The Imam throughout his life called America 'the Great Satan'. He believed that all the Muslims' problems were caused by America.

Those who say that we want nationality, they are standing against Islam....We have no use for the nationalists. Moslems are useful for us. Islam is against nationality.

Either we shake one another's hands in joy at he victory of Islam in the world, or all of us will turn to eternal life, and martyrdom. In both cases, victory and success are ours.

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible.

Success leads to greater success.

Well, whatever happened here today...' he said, turning back to Popescu and donning his own sunglasses so he could discreetly cast his gaze over her figure, '...it was only the beginning.

A little oil makes machinery work easy.

Problems always start long before you really, really see them.

Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list.

What is it that really makes us, us? It's our collective intelligence. It's our ability to write things down, our language and our consciousness.

If you recognize that self-driving cars are going to prevent car accidents, AI will be responsible for reducing one of the leading causes of death in the world.

"That's sad," said Montag, quietly, "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know."

If you find that thing you love, it doesn't necessarily matter whether you do it well or not-you just need to do it.