Nobody Can Influence Me, Nobody. Still Less

I Calculated The Amount Of Time I Spent With My Father During My Entire Life... The Total Amount Of Time I Had With Him, If You Add Up The Hours, Was About Two Months. My Father Was A Busy Man... We Had Very Few Opportunities To Really Sit Down And Talk As Father And Son.

Nobody Can Influence Me, Nobody. Still Less A Woman. Women Are Important In A Man's Life Only If They're Beautiful And Charming And Keep Their Femininity.

I Cannot Avoid Wondering About The Feelings Of Those Who Are Now The Apparent Rulers Of Iran. They Are, Despite Their Mistakes And The Crimes Which They Have Instigated, Men Of Faith Who Claim To Be Sent By God. I Hope They Will Eventually Realize That The Revolution Which They Believe They Have Brought About Is Not To The Glory Of God, But Serves The Forces Of Evil.

To Be First In The Middle East Is Not Enough. We Must Raise Ourselves To The Level Of A Great World Power.

I Did Not Share The Enthusiasm Of Certain Politicians For The National Front Leader, It Was Because I Had Noticed, In The Past, Some Strange Contradictions Between Mossadeq's Declared Ends And His Actions. Officially He Defended Nationalist Anti-colonialism And Was The Most Intransigent Patriot Who Declared That No Concessions Or Advantages Should Be Granted To Foreign Powers. He Described His Doctrine As A "negative Balance" And In Fact His Greatest Failing Was That He Was Negative.