There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction.

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.

People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.

Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

Afghanistan is a land-locked country.

At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.

Their attention was focused on the strange kid who wore black eyeliner and dressed as if every day was a funeral.

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

I just wrapped this movie called The Wedding Crashers which was a pretty big break for me.

I am grandiose because I live a grandiose life; what’s wrong with that?

You don't need to be special to be awesome. You just need to do the work.

You have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.

Positive thoughts generate positive feelings and attract positive life experiences. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

My soul has made its greatest growth as I have been driven to my knees by adversity and affliction.

How chronic is the unconcern of men and women of the world!

If there were an ounce of courage in this body I would be joined by other senators… saying they will not tolerate this.