It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait.

I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its feet.

The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.

There are a lot of things that need to be done to improve communications.

Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace.

What the UN inspectors can do is demonstrate to the world, help the Iraqi government demonstrate to the world that the Iraqis are cooperatively disarming if that is in fact what the Iraqi government decides to do.

I had done a lot of reading, relative for a kid, about World War Two, and I thought about Chamberlain a lot.

They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy.

No, the United States does not target civilians.

It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait.

Europe is a collection of free countries.

I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.

The purpose of the UN mechanism, this inspection mechanism, is not to engage in a cat and mouse game with Saddam Hussein and try to find weapons that the Iraqi government is working on concealing.

If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with its neighbors and in the region.

If you live in Israel and you see the way life is there and then you go abroad and see the way Israel is reported on, the way that Israel gets reported on night after night is simply pictures of bombings or military actions.

The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree.

We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq.

We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria.

We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.

Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions.

Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security.

I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction.

How do I have productive days with minimum drama? Simple; I mind my own business.

If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us.

I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots.

It is easier to dam a river than to stop gossip.

I never had a problem with social situations. A lot of times, when people are in school, they can have a little hesitancy because people are mean sometimes. I never had that problem because I never had that experience. So, I had a pretty easy transition.

My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.

There is more sexism in a year's worth of movies than actually exists in a woman's entire lifetime.

Something about not waiting for the laugh of a laugh track allows you to take lines that otherwise might be seen as just direct jokes, and make them seem realistic.

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn.

I don't even wear miniskirts on a night out, so I definitely won't be wearing miniskirts in the ring.

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

I am a chatty person, but colossally discreet.

I'm staying focused and clear about what I want in life, and I'm going to get it, man.

Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union.

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.

I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.

Girls were always my biggest distraction in school.

I would probably go so far as to say that I couldn't act before I met Richard Ayoade.

I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an illustrator and didn't take any classes in illustration there. It was just that the illustration degree had no requirements.

The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

The worst feeling is falling for someone and knowing that they wont be there to catch you.