I think the Shiites want a theocracy.

Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won't be able to function properly.

It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.

If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.

An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent.

A very smart woman once told me that anger can feel like a life buoy, like it's the only thing keeping you afloat, but that in order to heal you have to let go.

Inexpensive phones and pay-as-you go services are already spreading mobile phone technology to many parts of that world that never had a wired infrastructure.

If it doesn't absorb you, if it isn't any fun, don't do it.

Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows.

The Seal, she lounges like a bride,Much too docile, there's no doubt;Madame Récamier, on side,(if such she has), and bottom out.

If these restrictions were necessary, the FDA would have promulgated them in the first place, the FDA knows how to evaluate scientific information. Congress knows nothing about that.

My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.

A real writer [...] looks not in another writer but himself.

I met the girl who works at the Doubletree front desk, she gave me her number. It's ZERO. I tried to call from here, some other woman answered. "You sound older!"

The first thing you must do is forget that I'm Black. Second, you must never forget that I'm Black.