Fences and walls can be effective and even soothing, at least for those who build them.

- Richard Engel

Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone.

- Richard Engel

The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from Egypt, Liby…

- Richard Engel

Putting a bomb in a dumpster or putting it with a timer by a race, it is not the kind of - similar to the attacks that we've seen where people open f…

- Richard Engel

Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and live…

- Richard Engel

Everest has a special place in all of our imaginations. For centuries, Everest was a little bit like the moon. It was the place where everyone wanted…

- Richard Engel

Were all bloggers and punks and rebels with cameras. There is absolutely no respect for career journalists anymore.

- Richard Engel

A lot of Iran's empowerment is a result of the war in Iraq.

- Richard Engel

I dont look for good-news stories or bad-news stories.

- Richard Engel