The notion that Cuba is the only country in the world where you can live without working must be erased forever.

My dream is to drop three atomic bombs on New York City.

In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics.

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it.

I never liked the idea of giving interviews. One says many things, but when they are published, they become shortened, condensed. The ideas lose their meaning.

I read all the speeches of the pope, his commentaries, and if the pope continues this way, I will go back to praying and go back to the church, and I'm not joking.

In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class.

No country is 100 percent free of human rights abuses.

As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

I hope Mr. Obama has success.

Was it possible there was some fatal flaw in their matching, that they were ultimately, impossibly different--dissimilar enough to fall in love, but too fundamentally distinct to stay together?

They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but the opportunities were not available to women that they have today.

I may be getting old, but not foolish.

A bird in the hand is worth more than a Bush.

So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

Oblivion waits without beckoning or threatening.

When you have something in black and white, you can deal with it quicker.

In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.

What-ifs are for fools. We are here because are meant to be.