"It's not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it's the most patriotic thing we can do."

“If the relatively rich participating countries want to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, they will have to pay at least some poor countries to reduce their emissions. Achievement of substantial reduction in this way implies international transfers of wealth on a scale well beyond anything in recorded history. There is no effective political support for such a Herculean effort, particularly in the United States.”

“I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.”

Source : "Kalashnikov: 'I wish I'd made a lawnmower'" by Kate Connolly, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2002.

“The only questions worth asking today are whether humans are going to have any emotions tomorrow, and what the quality of life will be if the answer is no.”

“The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft don’t really love music or art the way we do. We won because we personally love music.”

“I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.”

“God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying.”

Source : Bayard Rustin (2003). “Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin”, p.409, Simon and Schuster

“If I could put one word on my journey over the last couple of years it would definitely be ‘turbulent’.”

“I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.”