Charles de Montesquieu

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.

Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.