“Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.”

Quoted in The Observer (London, 5 February 1961).
Letters and interviews

Oct. 14, 2016 [Tremblay, Pinar, November 1, 2015, Forget online dating, now the Turkish government will find you a spouse, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/10/turkey-election-pledges-davutoglu-offers-matchmaking.html, Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East]

On Cuban and U.S. relations in an address at a joint press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama in Havana, Cuba (22 March 2016)
Context: There are profound differences between our countries that will not go away. We hold different concepts on many subjects, such as political systems, democracy, the exercise of human rights, social justice, international relations, and world peace and stability. We defend human rights. In our view, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights are indivisible, interdependent, and universal. We find it inconceivable that a government does not defend and ensure the right to healthcare, education, social security, food provision, development, equal pay, and the rights of children. We oppose political manipulation and double standards in the approach to human rights.

Source: El Deafo

Source: Meaning And Necessity (1947), p. 125

Source: The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film

"¿No es lo mismo que suceda lo que deseamos, que desear lo que suceda? Lo que importa es que nuestra voluntad y los sucesos estén de acuerdo."
La otra aventura, 1968.