We never consider that the things dogs know about us are things of which we have not the faintest notion.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

From key signature to coda, from downbeat to the sound of life's final fermata, our pasts set the tone for all that was, that is, and that ever would be.

Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid.

I am a firm believer that you don't achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand

Success is something you attract, by becoming an attractive person.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.

I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.

Our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the source of spiritual power that will give you and me the assurance that we have nothing to fear.

I've always thought I was looking for myself whenever I traveled. Like a journey anywhere was really a journey through myself.

I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.