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

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.

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.

Each day is a little bit of history

There is little that a puppy won't fix, even if the fix is for a short time.

Eastern Washington has experienced a number of deadly forest fires this season, and it is crucial that we have bipartisan legislation that will expedite the research and restoration process.

I may be nervous," I say. "Okay, I'm really glad you said that, because I just went to the back room to put on more deodorant." Sebastian says.

Criticizing others is a dangerous thing, not so much because you may make mistakes about them, but because you may be revealing the truth about yourself.

Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party. We get lectured by people all day long about moral values by people who have their own moral shortcomings.

It's like this, by not giving my album a classic rating, you diminish your magazine's credibility. And that's real.

I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has wasted my time.

Maybe I didn't always know what I was missing, but it was you. Always you.

Knowledge has become the key resource of the world economy.

We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.