"There is nothing wrong with [pitching by committee] in mid-week [games]. It creates unique problems for hitters. I think it creates more problems for good-hitting teams than it does for the other teams."

“Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.”

“Support your friends - even in their mistakes. But be clear, however, that it is the friend and not the mistake you are supporting.”

“Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails.”

Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.

“I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless them, and I find myself wondering why--out of all the people in all the world I could ever have loved--I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me.”

“Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.”

“He who laughs last, laughs best.”

“I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.”

“When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.”