"This is the ultimate cruelty, isn't it? That I can talk and talk and to anyone listening, it's only air--too rich a diet to be swallowed by a mundane world."

“Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.”

“The only thing pain can wring from a soul that has abandoned resistance and from a mind that has lost its hate is sorrow”

“In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.”

Source : Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division (2004). “Towards a new world: defining moments”

“travel has been stepped up to such a speed that one can have dinner in New York and indigestion in Madrid ...”

Source : Sheila Ostrander (1968). “Etiquette, Etc: A Concise Guide with a Fresh Look”

“Look deep inside, and when you locate the sadness, give it a vacation, and focus on the simple things.”

“The female experience throughout the history of Korea has been accompanied by physical and mental anguish. This negative aspect of Korean history is one of the driving forces behind my work. To imagine transcending time and space to live in the body of another person is not only one of the key elements that shape my work, but also, it is an opportunity to revisit and understand the ways women have long been viewed and treated in Korea.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“Some of the most important stories don't lend themselves to television treatment.”

“American democracy is the inalienable right to sit on your front porch, in your pyjamas, drinking a can of beer and shouting out 'Where else is this possible?' Which doesn't seem to me to be freedom, really.”