[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody's, to make him normal.

When somebody talks about home, you have to listen carefully so you know exactly which one the person is referring to.

When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky.

I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.

Running and chanting, the word change in the air like it's something you can grab and put in your mouth and sink your teeth into.

Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own languages, and so when we spoke our voices came out bruised.

And they had nothing, except of course memories, their own, and those passed down by their mothers and mothers' mothers. A nation's memory.

this place doesn't look like my America

That's what you do in America: you smile at people you don't know and you smile at people you don't even like and you smile for no reason.

You want Change, today we'll show you Change!Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat!

[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody’s, to make him normal.

The point to life is not only to live it, but to enjoy it.

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.

...chance is sometimes a wonderful accomplice in crime.

Ownership is to fear (tener es temer)

If someone gets up and walks out of the movie, it means it's really affected them.

There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.

But I certainly made mistakes, for which I regret, I think most human beings in their lifetime make mistakes, mine ended up in two years prison - two very remarkable years from which I learnt a lot.

Why are you hanging around, then? Aren't you worried about getting hit?" "Aw, you'd never hurt me. My face is too pretty.

The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.