The impartiality of history is not that of the mirror, which merely reflects objects, but of the judge, who sees, listens, and decides.

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

The love of money is the root of all evil, therefore selfishness must be the seed.

By loving the broken parts in youI learn to love the broken parts in me.I learn that we are not broken after all.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

If you follow your heart, you will find harmony.

It is decreed by a merciful Nature that the human brain cannot think of two things simultaneously . . .

The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto in the 'X-Men' movies.

When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Does anyone ask you why you stay, Sean Kendrick?" "They do." "And why do you?" "The sky and the sand and the sea and Corr.

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.