One outcome is almost certain. Extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.

You cannot have security at the expense of the insecurity of others.

If anything caused ISIS, it was the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

We call upon the nuclear-weapon states to immediately cease their plans to further invest in modernizing and extending the life span of their nuclear weapons and related facilities.

Nobody thinks identically on Syria. But we share the same view with Russia that the future of the personalities in Syria will be determined by the people of Syria and not by people outside Syria.

It is important for everybody to insure that the process will go on, that the ceasefire will hold. Of course, there is no ceasefire against Daesh [the Islamic State], Jabhat al Nusra, and Al Qaeda.

The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must.

Tehran believes it's none of our business or anybody else's to decide the future of personalities in other countries.

We've never declared war on anybody. We [Iran] defended ourselves against wars that were imposed on us. We have no desire to engage in confrontation with anybody.

Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used.

Iran's military hardware is less than a fraction of that of any of the countries in this region.

In this wonderful modern age, if you know what you want, you can just reach out and, with the click of a mouse, take complete control of your entire buying and shopping experience.

Don't you know romance is mind's way of getting rid of it's own duality?

I still find the moon more amazing than the fact men have walked on it.

All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.

Laissez Faire was very good sauce for the goose, labor, but was very poor sauce for the gander, capital.

The weapons room looked exactly the way something called "the weapons room" sounded like it would look.

I don't know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems arbitrary.

The first great real intimacy between two people begins when secrets are told.

I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.

Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.