“I’m easily entertained.”

Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.

I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.

Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.

Is Israel going to continue to be ‘Fortress Israel’? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.

It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.

We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.

Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.

The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.

There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.

And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.

If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.

The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.

Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.

It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.

I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu’ran easily at the age of five.

In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind.

The Arab, like all sons of Sham, has sharp and crafty mind . . . Should time come when life of our people in Palestine imposes to a smaller or greater extent on the natives, they WILL NOT easily step aside.

If I am not moving I get bored very easily.

Our book becomes more clear, and nature seems to speak to us in language so like our own, that we easily comprehend it.

It’s tempting to want to blame it all on an easily identifiable target: Muslims, immigrants, refugees, blacks, Jews.

Writing doesn’t come easily to anyone, I think, certainly not to me. But pressure and practice does lend a certain fluency

Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.