Nobody's changing what you've got. You get to keep it.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

Always carry a book on a date so that when you get bored you can slip into the Ladies for a read.

I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.

I've always enjoyed playing a little left of center characters. Otherwise I'd be on a soap opera.

And if my mind breaks up In all so many ways I know the meaning of The words, "I love you

I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.

I don't want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That's it.

If I was in charge, I'd keep doing The Go-Go's forever, but it's a band so everyone has their say.

The reason you have to say "Trust me" is that you haven't earned it and are forced to ask for it - BAD MOVE.

The following is a phrase we don't hear enough but that I sincerely mean (and our culture needs to hear more often): I love being married.

A good bachelor drinks his dessert (and sometimes the rest of his meals). A sweet tooth is a danger signal that you're getting too much exercise and not enough cocktails.