The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.

The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help. And we are helping, and we’re going to continue to help.

A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.

I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.

I’m always amazed at how many people assume a business has to lose money before it makes money.

Here’s something that’s contrary to popular belief: I actually don’t like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don’t. I do not like to think at all.

A frustration I have is that a lot of people increasingly seem to equate an advertising business model with somehow being out of alignment with your customers. I think it’s the most ridiculous concept.

Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government.

Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I’m going to Viet Nam’s aid!

How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn’t make it a leg.

I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there’s no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That’s all crap.

History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.

The thing about delirium is you think it’s great, but it actually isn’t.

I’m just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

An inability to handle language is not the same thing as stupidity.

The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

I’d like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don’t have misconceptions – they understand. I believe that.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

Countries which receive aid do graduate. Within a generation, Korea went from being a big recipient to being a big aid donor. China used to get quite a bit of aid; now it’s aid-neutral.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

Some people mistakenly think nature is very nice and benevolent and never betrays.

It’s a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur’s metric for success. It’s not, and nor should it be.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain’t so.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

People have me pinned as a shark or a predator in some way, and in no way am I that. I wouldn’t want to hurt anyone. I want to defend people. I want to help people.