Are you the sum total of your worst acts?

You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it treats the poor, the disfavored and the disadvantaged.

We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes.

You don’t change the world with the ideas in your mind, but with the conviction in your heart.

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.

The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.

We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.

I don't think there's been a time in American history with more innocent people in prison.

Always do the right thing even when the right thing is the hard thing

The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity.

They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said.

Zombies dont mess with other zombies.

The stream of plenty always flows towards the open expectant mind

Without error there can be no brilliancy

I'm heavily involved in the creative with choreographer Christopher Scott. I go to rehearsals with 'Glee' and then practice with LXD till about midnight.

A man who has been an animal has infinitely more knowledge of that animal than a man who has merely dissected one.

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page.

No one's going to watch The Bible on primetime TV.

I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.