An oversupply of national sentiment is not the problem in Somalia. The problem is a lack of it. The problem is an oversupply of sub-sub-clannish attitude.

Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books

As we respond to the assault of our enemy and defend our country, we must never break international laws. Crime can not be solved by more crime.

Africa's downfall has always been the cult of the personality. And their names always seem to begin with M. We've had Mobutu and Mengistu and I'm not going to add Meles to the list.

I know more now than I did in the past about the process of democratization. I know more about the pitfalls.

The most stupid mistake a counter-insurgency operation can make is alienating the population. If you alienate the population, you're finished.

Of course everybodys thinking evolves over time.

If it is presumed that the Kenyans will democratise in order to eat the peanuts of development assistance from the European Union... it would be a big mistake.

Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time. Only dead people cease learning, and I am not certified dead yet. So I am still learning.

Emergency dance party--go away.

Sin gains power over us not by its indomitable force but by our divided heart.

Imagination encircles the world.

Business is just about enabling human beings, nothing more, nothing less. Businesses need to recognize this fundamental fact.

If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.

You can make money without doing evil.

We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

Now did you know if a stick insect laid it's eggs in a jar of Bovril it will give birth to a litter of twiglets.

I fear I shall never be...good for anything in this world, but composing airs, building towers, forming gardens, collecting old Japan, and writing a journey to China or the Moon.