"Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire."

"Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents."

"It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age."

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

"France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they've forgotten all about it. I'm afraid that the American culture is a disaster."

"I call on the Iranian people: it is not too late to replace the corrupt regime and return to your glorious Persian heritage, a heritage of culture and values and not of bombs and missiles... How can a nation allow a regime to instill fear, take away the people's freedom and shock the young generation that seeks its way out of the dictatorial Iran."

"Fear follows crime and is its punishment."

"To conquer fear is to realize that wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."