“Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.”

There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.

Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future.

If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.

The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it’s two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it’s a good thing.

We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.

I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.

What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.

At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.

It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?

The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.

You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.

Earth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.

The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.

We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,

I’m not sexist, I’m just a realist.

And they don’t deserve that. What you’re doing by being yourself is you’re keeping it real, and you’re being really brave.

Distinctions are no longer made, or deemed necessary, between the real and the false; the edge usually goes to the latter, as an improved version with defects corrected – accessible and user-friendly.

The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.

It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb.

That, you could conclude mordantly, is the real soundtrack of our time: the amplification of the self-evident toward the creation of paralyzing, preëmptive paranoia.

In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I’m a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive.

If you’ve driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it’s like a golf course… Real estate values go ‘boom!’