"I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure."

"Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes."

"I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman."

"The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend."

"I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting."

"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."

"Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other."

"Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed."