Speak less but act more.

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

Not acting to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction is neither politically nor morally acceptable.

The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments will be the best to promote prosperity and growth.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

There are countries that prefer to think that they're buying comfort at the cost of others, but I don't think that's the way you can act in this world. There are no neutral groups.

The harm done to Israel is damage done to the West. And delegitimizing Israel is a delegitimization of the West.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

I propose to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faërie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold.

You have a dedication to life and truth that burns out of you as beauty and I envy it so much I want to be around it for the rest of my life.

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds.

Politics is cyclical.

The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.

Post-9/11, we saw an immediate uptick in the amount of people in our stores, all over the country. People wanted that human connection. We are not going to fracture the Starbucks experience.

Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.

True meaning in life comes through understanding your own nature and learning to accept all aspects of yourself.

In particular, Australia, because of its ancient geography, soil profile and distinctive weather patterns, is more adversely affected by climate variability than some other continents.