Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.

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.

Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.

It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.

Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ that is to be.

When I'm in the Switzerland backcountry and nobody around looks like me, people were like, 'Can I touch your hair?'

David was catnip and kryptonite to me.

I am not one of those artists who is cemented in one way. I am able to, you know, make the happy, jovial, lighthearted music too. We need that in life too. So it's like that to me.

The highway program devalues the tax base of a city.

I broke every barrier I could to see things as they are.

...if you are fat, no matter what you wear, nothing is going to make you sexier.

When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.