Bashir Assad Quotes

The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding.

I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.

When you're talking about Iraq and oil, you're talking about a mess, no matter who's in charge.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be faster changing and more unpredictable than the present.

Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.

What I love about my work is the variety and not knowing what's coming next, and being able to embrace something for a period of time and know something new is going to follow.

You don't know whether he's thought through how this is going to affect the Middle East.

The road ahead is not easy. Iraq is currently the center of the war on terror.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

I think actually what keeps the intensity manageable - it's a little counterintuitive - is that it's changing all the time. Every week is different for me.

One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.

The Middle East is so constructed that the rational things are the things least likely to occur.

The U.S. military will be stepping into a morass. Iraq presents as unpromising a breeding ground for democracy as any in the world. It has never really known democracy or even legitimate, centralized rule for any great duration.

Yemen is one of the most dangerous spots in the world.

I'm never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next.

You know the Middle East is going crazy when Lebanon is the most peaceful place in the region.

The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.

The Middle East is not part of the world that plays by Las Vegas rules: What happens in the Middle East is not going to stay in the Middle East.

The answer as to why ISIS gained power and influence, and why stability in the Middle East has disastrously deteriorated, does not require extensive analysis.

It's difficult to write anything at the moment, as every week there's a seismic shift in world events.

As long as anybody plays this game, you never master it because there are so many things that are always changing.

I constantly want to do something new and surprise the audience.

On the global scale, if there's a shaky Middle East, there's a shaky world.

Football can change really quickly; you really are king for a day. Once you get caught up with things and think you've arrived... you've never arrived in football.

We live in an age where the rate of change has been colossal. Colossal. Almost every week there's some transformation of some kind, whether technological or political or scientific, whatever. And I think it's bewildering to human beings to live in a time when they can't take anything as fixed - when everything is shifting and changing all the time.