"It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways."

“You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.”

“Remember. Or, failing that, invent.”

“Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.”

“The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.”

“Crisis or transition of any kind reminds us of what matters most. In the routine of life, we often take our families-our parents and children and siblings-for granted. But in times of danger and need and change, there is no question that what we care about most is our families! It will be even more so when we leave this life and enter into the spirit world. Surely the first people we will seek to find there will be father, mother, spouse, children, and siblings.”

“Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal,”

“Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.”

“Integrating in the society is a fundamental scriptural Christian trait. This integration is a must - moderate constructive integration. All of us, as Egyptians, have to participate.”