It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. It's not clear how they will do it, but it never is.

The problem is you tend to look back and identify mistakes, and as a consequence of feeling terrible about mistakes you say you bungled this so bad, let's get out of here.

It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

I've been a Yankees fan since I was six.

Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.

The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.

When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change.

I was eight years old when Miley Cyrus made her debut on Disney Channel's 'Hannah Montana' and beginning my senior year of high school when she delivered the VMAs performance that single-handedly butchered the teddy-bear industry.

Just as the best way to judge an adult is by his or her record collection, the best way to judge a pub is by the albums on its jukebox.

We kind of deny the stages of life.

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.

I'm not posh or common, I'm in between.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

I have had a career in public service.

I just try to be the same guy I've always been. Calm, collected, and being a good decision-maker and delivering the ball to the right guys.

Most small-business owners have no financial education when they started. They weren't trained to be entrepreneurs.

Nobody has ever gone broke selling escape to the American public.

Everything that we are making, we are making more and more complex.

Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.

Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it.

My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.

These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day.

We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And we believe in the language of cooperation. We reject the language of confrontation.

Also I played on a lot of demos in the early days of the Stones.

The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design.

Nothing is more frightening than a monster that cares about his health cause you know hell be around for a while.

I love the quality, feel and history of film. I love the pictures of the giant cameras and the way it was.

When I started publishing my work, one of the biggest surprises to me was the recurring question about my background and why I wasn't doing more stories about Asian-Americans.

Sometimes, if I need assistance on the government level, I can appeal through official channels. For example, when I bought the New Jersey Nets, President Medvedev raised the issue with President Obama, who voiced support for the idea, which is always a nice thing to have going for us.

I'm strong and fearless and not afraid to take risks in business.

There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.