There is a sense in which the United States Ambassador speaks to the United States, as well as for the United States. I have always seen my role as a thermostat, rather than a thermometer. So I'm going to be actively working... for my own concerns. I have always had people advise me on what to say, but never on what not to say.

Beauty and love are all my dream; They change not with the changing day; Love stays forever like a stream That flows but never flows away.

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

I've been dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder at some time in my life. I still read with a highlighter, but I've always loved to read.

He [Martin Luther King Jr.] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you have a choice about is what you die for.