“Now I think we are going to be forced to hear only the horrific sounds of the gunfire and the explosions”

[referring to a ban on music in Somalia]

“If you want something, go and fucking get it. Don’t let rules set you back. Don’t be a dickhead of a rebel, just to be a rebel. If you’re fighting for something though, don’t let any one thing hold you back. Society nowadays makes kids obsess over good jobs and money. I’m a teacher not because I get a decent paycheck, I’m a teacher because I’m giving back to society and I’m doing what I love to do while I do it.”

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

“Anyone who comes out for peace is not for peace. Peace is the time it takes to reload your rifle”

“Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.”