I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled.

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno

The opposite of good is not evil; it's apathy.

Every day is a new sense of tearing my heart out of my body again when I see other children who have been killed, and I know what their families are going through.

I raised four kids in six years.

Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country.

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain

One of my biggest inspirations is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Yea, President Hugo.

I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.

I wake up every day feeling like today's the day to make a difference. I never question the correctness of what I'm doing or the need for it.

A smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.

The report card just told me, my teacher, my parents maybe 3 weeks before when they gave me a test HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY POTENTIAL.

Generosity, generosity, generosity, must be the beginning and ending of our life

I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.

Hence the experienced soldier, once in motion, is never bewildered; once he has broken camp, he is never at a loss.

The first step of any communication is honest & consistent intentions, after this, even if you don't communicate, people will listen, hear & align

To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast!