No, there are three people in a marriage, there's the woman, there's the man, and there's what I call the third person, the most important, the person who is composed of the man and woman together.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

Be happy. Be happy for no reason at all. Believe it or not, you have the ability and free agency to make that choice.

Memory is like fiction: or else it' fiction that's like memory.

I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

If I'm going to be working out two hours a day, I may as well have a goal... and I'm pretty competitive by nature. A triathlon is a new fun thing.

Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed by the facts.

the discoveries don't come when you're looking for them. They come when for some reason you've let go conscious control.

Like to have a catalyst - reduces dependence on the market: Distressed debt inherently has a catalyst - maturity.

Leaders focus on what they can control, what they have, and what they want.

There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.

Love is the eternal first breath.