profane, not the shrine I have raised in the cleft of my heart.

I'm a storyteller; that's what exploration really is all about. Going to places where others have not been and returning to tell a story they haven't heard before.

By common endeavour we can raise the country to a new greatness, while a lack of unity will expose us to fresh calamities.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

What important is man should live in righteousness, in natural love for mankind.

I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props and so on.

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people. 

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.