If one man has a dollar he didn't work for, some other man worked for a dollar he didn't get.

The mine owners did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy all the gold belonged to them!

If the workers are organized, all they have to do is to put their hands in their pockets and they have got the capitalist class whipped.

Eight hours of work, eight hours of play, eight hours of sleep - eight hours a day!

The bandage will remain on the eyes of Justice as long as the Capitalist has the cut, shuffle, and deal.

A strike is an incipient revolution. Many large revolutions have grown out of a small strike.

The mine owners do not find the gold.

To me [Christianity] was all nonsense based on that profane compilation of fables called the Bible.

The thing about music was that you never knew the shape of anyone’s desire.

The future begins when we tear down the walls that keep us in the past. We must be thankful for those who walked through the pain and helped us to see the way out.

Our father the novelist; my husband the poet. He belongs to the ages - just don't catch him at breakfast. Artists, celebrated for their humanity, they turn out to be scarcely human at all.

Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.

I think the key is - other icons told me this - you don't have to chase the money. The money is going to chase you. That's part of success. That's part of the blessings.

You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.

Save the stonewall to build the levees.

Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?

It takes all kinds to make a world go round.