I never kept a diary, but I wrote detailed notes of my travels.

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis.

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.

I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.

I think I am basically a happy person.

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works.