It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.

I think that the president of Iran has the authority wherever which - where - wherever the national interests of the country are involved and, when it is necessary and expedient and required to speak...

Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights.

No country by itself and in an isolated manner would ever be able to effectively address the challenges it faces.

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best players not only of his time, but of all time. He is an absolute phenomenon.

Exile is my power.

I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.

I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.

Any nation has the right and will indeed defend herself.

I never really learned photography.

A Muslim fanatic and a Christian fanatic, a Jewish fanatic, a secular fanatic, an atheist fanatic, a communist fanatic - all of them are the same. The thinking that, 'If you don't think like me, that...

I'm quite confident, in some sense.

Mr. McMahon was the first promoter in the world to give me a break at World Championship. I cannot double-cross that company.

Every single interview I have ever done on TV or in print says I'm a Muslim.

My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds.

If there's a car company, and you have another car company, you don't stop building your car and company because there are others.

The winner of the elections which saw the participation of almost 30 million people was the Iranian nation and the losers were those who tried to keep people away from the polls.

I'm a pacifist. I believe there are ways to solve the world's problems. Instead of putting all this money to create arms, I think countries should invest in scholarships for kids to study abroad....

Graphic novels are not traditional literature, but that does not mean they are second-rate. Images are a way of writing. When you have the talent to be able to write and to draw, it seems a shame to...

I love my job.

If anything caused ISIS, it was the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

I think of myself, an Iranian/American artist, and wonder what would I want if I'm ever imprisoned by the Iranian government for the work that I make? I answer: I would hope that the United States...

People are afraid to pick who they want to root for. People are all 'Dariush is so nice, I don't know why he's being booed.' Who cares?

Hyperloop is the ultimate pinnacle of that idea of, 'Can we actually shrink space and time?'

I think every human being in the world appreciates being encouraged and acknowledged.

When I look at cities now, I don't see them in the present. This is the decaying infrastructure of our existing cities. Years from now, none of this is going to be here. New cities are going to rise.

My culture comes from everywhere. I'm sick of this notion of nationality, that if you're brought up in the same city or same country you're the same. Even three kids brought up in the same family with...

Let me put it this way, the earliest memory I have of my dad, I think I got beat up by some kids and he looked at me and said, 'hey, you get in a fight, you win. I don't care if you have to pick up a...

Usually, in any revolution people are focused on who wants to have the most power. But the most important thing is the laws that are written during that time.

The success of one film may convince the filmmaker to try to repeat his successes and get into a competition with himself. One cannot dwell on periodic successes. You have to look at it as a...