"I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism."

“Amid the moon and the stars, amid the clouds of the night, amid the hills which bordered on the sky with their magnificent silhouette of pointed cedars, amid the speckled patches of the moon, amid the temple buildings that emerged sparkling white out of the surrounding darkness - amid all this, I was intoxicated by the pellucid beauty of Uiko's treachery.”

“I have often seen quite demented patients recognize and respond vividly to paintings and delight in the act of painting at a time when they are scarcely responsive, disoriented, and out of it.”

“Find ways to embrace the things that make you unique, and you'll unlock the ways you can make a difference in the world.”

Source : Dan Miller, Jared Angaza (2012). “Wisdom Meets Passion: When Generations Collide and Collaborate”, p.44, Thomas Nelson Inc

“We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There are no good guys and no bad guys and there are no easy answers. The characters do not have traditional character arcs; the stories don't wrap up in neat little life lessons, the questions remain open. The hope was that by not wrapping everything up, the film will get under your skin in a different way and stay with you longer. This seemed like the most honest reflection of this post 9-11 world we all find ourselves in.”

“People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are writing memoirs, writing about their lives, because it's difficult to conceive that there's a great imaginary life in which you can participate.”

“Move too quickly and time will pass you by.”

“Good things come to obsessive compulsives who fixate.”

“Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.”

Source : "3 Ways to Innovate in a Stagnant Environment". "The Business" with Brian Kenny, www.hbs.edu. March 11, 2014.