"The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world."

“There is, of course, great value in belonging to a group. Safety in numbers, for one. But there is also a mathematical explanation for why the brain is so willing to give up its own opinions: a group of people is more likely to be correct about something than an individual.”

Source : Gregory Berns (2013). “Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently”, p.88, Harvard Business Press

“The truly modern artist is aware of abstraction in an emotion of beauty.”

Source : "Natural Reality and Abstract Reality" by Piet Mondrian, published in De Stijl magazine, 1919.

“It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Let us bequeath our children more than the gadgets that surround us. If bicycling can be restored to the daily life of all Americans, it can be a vital step toward rebuilding health and vigor in all of us.”

“I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - Ill devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is Sunset Boulevard starring Gloria Swanson.”

“I think that even though we should always welcome allies within the four corners of the United States, we shouldn't limit our allies to the four corners of the United States. I think that would be a grave mistake.”

Source : Source: politicalaffairs.net

“Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.”

“Like the Bible says.  A child should be leader of them all, and to be led by that kind of innocence.  Didnt Jesus say bring on the children?  Be like the children.  Not childish, but child-like.  That kind of innocence.”