What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

Islam is not a race...Islam is simply a set of beliefs, and it is not 'Islamophobic' to say Islam is incompatible with liberal democracy.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

I love life more than I love death.

It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.

I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

You looked a little bit smarter when your stupidity lessened a lot.

The sun like a sneaky keyhole view of hell.

If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so. I admire you, beloved, for the trap you've set. It's like a final chapter no one reads because the plot is over.

Joan of Arc is my namesake. I played her character while still in my teens, at a music festival held at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Sometimes tradition is a way of keeping going.

Japan continues to work closely with the United States on the issue of the North Korean nuclear crisis and has played an important and constructive role in the Six-Party talks.

A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.

On the Internet, everyone squats. In real life, the squat rack is always empty. You figure out what this means.

The only way to win the war is to move people's hearts and minds.