I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.

I don't talk in ifs.

If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.

I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.

I do not like violence.

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.

I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it.

It occurs to us that so called freedom fries kill many more Americans than terrorists ever do.

The decree of a coercive tribunal would not need to conform to the true standard of wages, the final productivity of social labor. It would introduce into distribution a genuinely arbitrary element, with a very large ultimate power to pervert the natural system.

I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?

Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.

As Android, iPhone and other mobile platforms grow, we are moving away from the page-based Internet. The new Internet is app centric and often message-centric.

Look at Becker and Djokovic. If you look at Novak's record since Boris has been there, it's been phenomenal.

Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.

Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.

Sometimes there are actions that we are forced to take, but there need to be boundaries beyond which we are going to recognize that we're not going to go because we still are Americans, and we are supposed to be representing something to people in this country and overseas.

I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job.

Without a computer, every point on a structure has to be calculated with reference to everything else. But by using a PC, I can create complex curves that don't have radii or centers.

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time.

I hope I give girls an opportunity to realize that they can swim and go to school at the same time. It's not to be given up once they get out of high school. They can continue doing it for the rest of their lives.

I am not that smart.

The trials and tribulations in your life make you stronger.

My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.

I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.

I'm very conscious of the fact the directing career has taken some odd turns. Maybe there's enough bulk where I'm now pigeonholed in the 'eclectic box.'

If I'm going to eat fast food, I'm going to McDonald's. I don't need to pretend.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Let the pitcher move first, then, as he draws his arm back, you draw the bat back and you are ready.

I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.

I try to pride myself in having really quick feet and being able to set up and throw balls in time.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system.