The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot faster than their climate models predicted.

As the most religious country of the 18 surveyed, the U.S. also comes in with the highest rates for teen pregnancy and for gonorrhea and syphilis.

Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more or less automatically, appears.

It doesn't matter what we think we are there [in Afghanistan] for; it matters what they think. They think we are invaders.

The real requirement, if we are to avoid runaway global warming, is probably 80% by 2030, and almost no burning whatever of fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil) by 2050.

What makes the Arabs suitable candidates for democracy is their heritage as human beings, not their specific cultural or historical antecedents.

I woke up this morning as I do every morning, with an attitude of gratitude.

Always make time to eat. Always. There’s enough starving children in the world without adding to their number

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.

For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.

There is no Hell when you die so don't look so worried

Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child, now comes death.

The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.

Americans want to go to heaven without dying.

I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change?

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.