If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides; you cannot take sides only with one party.

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.

There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.

Circumstances don't matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.

It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.

Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.

The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society, not the foreigners.

[Chemical weapons] isn't about what the United States believe in, it's about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don't have to discuss it.

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.

All actors have their own unique path when it comes to the development of their training and careers.

If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.

There is always hope, as long as the canvases are empty.

Unless the gentle inherit the earth, / There will be no earth.

Disinformation is a large part of its[CIA] covert action responsibility, and the American people are the primary target of its lies.

I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.

My true relationship is with myself - all others are simply mirrors of it.

I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train!

I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.

I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.