Turkey is the gateway to the east for Europe, and the gateway to Europe for the east. We have a bridging function that Europe shouldn't underestimate.

There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it.

The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.

The knife in the hand of a murderer kills, but if you give it to a doctor he will heal with it.

We will not leave this nation at the mercy of YouTube and Facebook.

My own daughters weren't able to study in Turkey because of their headscarves, so they went to the United States.

If we look at history, we will see that regimes which persecute [their people] do not remain standing.

But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled.

It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at them, using tanks and other forms of heavy weaponry.

As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.

Happiness happiness ... the flavor is with you-with you alone and you can make it as intoxicating as you please.

I like roundtables because you can talk more directly to people. And you also can get kind of a vibe on what a journalist's take is on something, and have a conversation with them more.

No carbs after lunch is one of the hardest (rules) to follow. But if you follow this rule YOU WILL lose weight

What is wrong with keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people?

I am always a big believer that if you work hard enough and you work out of passion, a person can do anything.

I'm not trying to put any more pressure on me because it's the playoffs.

Humility is simply believing and accepting what God says about us, and God says that we are anything but worthless.

There is enough for everyone. People think that there isn't enough, so they get as much as they can, so many people don't have enough.

I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things.

Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion.