We cannot help living in history. We can only fail to be aware of it.
Poor me, poor me, pour me another.
I had three goals and all of them were met.
This murder of Hariri was deliberately planned and executed precisely to implicate Syria and to set in train the events which have unfolded.
People like Mr. Hitchens are ready to fight to the last drop of other people's blood, and it's utterly and completely contemptible.
I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.
I came to declare that I am a friend to Arabs, at a time when it is not easy to be friend to Arabs, because nowadays those who have ambitions and interests would not befriend Arab.
You can change your attachment from this to that, but you will be in misery. Attachment creates misery.
When I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven in the age of the romantics
Think of it! A second chamber selected by the Whips. A seraglio of eunuchs.
I hope, by being honest about what happened to me, to help nourish a culture of honesty that might make something different - and better - possible. We really need to squarely face the issue of child abuse in America, and to look at our perversity, our illness.