George Santayana

A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

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.

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.

Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government.