In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.

There are no people who are whole" he says. "Everyone has issues of their own to deal with. Mine might be a little harder, but the main thing is how on deals with them.

Elie Wiesel says that neutrality only helps the oppressor, never the victim. And I think you can apply that to journalism.

What woman wants to go home with a guy that lives with his mother?

Do not suffer your life to be taken by newspapers.

People know that I'm going to do what's right.

A creative mess is better than idle tidiness.

He's the sort of player whose brain doesn't always know where his legs are carrying him.

My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.

Like many others, I sometimes find that cooking can be naturally grounding.

and when he kissed me i didn't know what to do.