“It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended.”

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they’d accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.

For us, genocide was the gas chamber – what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.

There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today than it was 10 years ago.

ONLY IN MY DREAMS is pure Eve Byron, which means it’s a pure delight. I fell in love with Lorelei and Dane, two of the most delightful characters I’ve encountered in a very long time.

I don’t know how long I’m going to live, but I hope my seeds are pretty good.

There are times when a golfer is tempted to throw her clubs away and forget the whole ‘humblin’ business.’ At other times, she wouldn’t trade places with a queen-that’s when the shots are long and true, and putts are dropping.

I just want to keep living on and enjoying food! Even though I’m gaining weight,

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let’s just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different.

Excessive regulation in the banking reform bill will destroy a substantial part of our bond-distributing machinery.

As long as I was well fed, I was a very, very nice child. I just used my imagination and played with Barbies. I was pretty easy.

The blues he sends to meet me, won’t defeat me. It won’t be long til happiness steps up to greet me.