Since Eve negotiated Adam, I am the most disadvantaged negotiator in history of mankind. I have no army, no navy, no air force, no economy.

I'm telling Palestinians don't use violence. We're going to use the civilized means of international law to achieve our goals, our independence, our freedom.

It’s impossible to say who has guns in Gaza anymore. The ballots are the only thing that can stop the violence at this point.

Now, more than ever, the international community must act.

We’re making decisions right now that shape our lives. Even indecision is a decision. What’s going on today is a result of the choices we’ve made in the past.

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.

There was always a creative impulse in me but I never felt rooted to anything.

I believe that no matter what happens, or where we go, or if there's an afterlife, that we'll always be connected. Not even death can make me forget you, or forget that I love you.

Effective learning means arriving at new power, and the consciousness of new power is one of the most stimulating things in life.

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

You can't have a country or a city or a state that's worth a damn unluss you govern within yourself in your day-to-day life.

I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

I try not to do anything I don't like, so I stay motivated pretty easily.