My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

Johnny Unitas

O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him.

Plato

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

Kim Wilde

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.

Simone de Beauvoir

The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

Norman Thomas

The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Ronald Reagan

I don't plan on going back to legal work. I wanted an international career, and finance seemed to be where some interesting career opportunities were.

Nick Johnson

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it

Samuel Johnson

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

Ronald Reagan

Prophecy: Two bull's eyes out of a possible million

Mark Twain

There is a role and function for beauty in our time.

Tadao Ando