If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right.

We all do better, when we all do better.

Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives.

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

But chance has a taste for conspiracy.

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.

The act of reading is so intimate that readers are unpredictable.

My fans expect me to be great and keep being great.

I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.

That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them.

We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order.

Acceptance is the word we must substitute for dependence in dealing with the aged. Their acceptance of help, ours of their need.

I have a silicone bust, and half of Hollywood - artificial person.

The only way to establish any kind of mystique, is to completely shut up and never talk to anyone. And I'm contractually obligated not to shut up.