I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.

I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.

For me, the strength of photography lies in its ability to evoke humanity. If war is an attempt to negate humanity, then photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.

There is a job to be doneto record the truth. I want to wake people up!

I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.

You are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire.

If you want to connect with people who are in distress and great grief and scared, you need to do it in a certain way. I move kind of slow. I talk kind of slow. I let them know that I respect them.

If you make an honest picture of war, it will be an antiwar photograph.

I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.

I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.

When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.

Man is more likely to believe an opinion that he wanted to hear … than a fact that he wishes was an opinion.

I'm not interested in a marketable product: I'm interested in what I know from my life experience to be standards of excellence

I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.

It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainment.

The loving personality seeks not to control, but to nurture, not to dominate, but to empower.

I'm only concerned with making music that I love and that my fans will respond to. I am happy to see other really good young artists able to flourish and pursue their careers.

Without their money, the Jews will shrink into mere shadows of themselves, and the nightmare will be over.

The philosophers of antiquity taught contempt for work, that degradation of the free man, the poets sang of idleness, that gift from the Gods.

A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.

When you involve yourself in a group like No Labels, …I think it is a positive step in the right direction of trying to get things done