Quotes

The universe at large is full of questions that we still don't know anything about, and there will be always young people, brilliant, who are going to make new discoveries.

America was and still is able to make the necessary changes to maintain research institutions that are the envy of the world.

The co-existence of religious values in the lives of individuals and secular rules in the governance of the state should be clearly defined.

Shortly after Sisi was elected, his administration announced cuts of 'subsidies' on natural gas and energy consumption and lowered those for bread and other goods. Such action was taboo during the Mubarak and Sadat presidencies for over half a century, but Sisi was able to convince Egyptians he was taking necessary action.

A femtosecond is comparable to one second in 32 million years. It is like watching a 32-million-year movie to see one second.

I left Egypt in 1969 for graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. I have been on the faculty at Caltech for 37 years and carried dual citizenship for 31. But my commitment to the country of my birth never wavered.

Turkey is a European country, an Asian country, a Middle Eastern country, Balkan country, Caucasian country, neighbor to Africa, Black Sea country, Caspian Sea, all these.

'Zero problems with neighbors' is a value. But another equally important value is to establish peace.

Turkey has worked alongside its allies from the beginning.

An ordinary Turk, an ordinary Arab, an ordinary Tunisian can change history. We believe that democracy is good, and that our people deserve it.

Our future is our sense of common destiny.

Today the search for a new global order is under way.

Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies and sects.

As an academic, this was not the lifestyle I had planned for myself. Now I see myself everywhere.

Some things are difficult to adapt to.

Every family in Konya has at least one shoemaker in their midst, and I am one of those families.

If you can serve everyone who visits you, you must be doing well in business.

The uniqueness of the United States in human history is the United States is the first global power in human history which emerged far away from Africa or Asia, which is the main land of human history.

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000.

My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.

If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.

I think it's better to burn out than to fade away... it's better to live out your days being very, very active - even if it destroys you - than to quietly... disappear.

Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won't even remember me.

When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500.