Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.

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.

Jace suggested that the cast of "Gilligan's Island" could go do something anatomically unlikely with themselves.

...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.

Ive introduced eight bills to fight for support for our small businesses and ensure we get funding to rebuild public housing - among other things.

I believe, Eragon, that you are full of love and that you are looking for one who will reciprocate your affection. No shame exists in that.

If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can justify the conditions of the ghetto. I cannot justify either one.

For a long time the IOC liked the idea of money but they didn't like the thought of working for it.

As a singer, you need to find you water that works for you.

Whatever happened to preparations A through G?

Heaven - the treasury of everlasting life.