Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.

Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it's time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

In marriage, everyday you love,and everyday you forgive.It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness

I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one

Democracy doesn't begin at the top; it begins at the bottom, when flesh-and-blood human beings fight to rekindle what Arlo Guthrie calls 'The Patriot's Dream.

A man in drink can be like a ravening wolf.

People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby.

All discomfort comes from suppressing your true identity.

The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.

In an interview, Hillary Clinton said she likes nearly every flavor of ice cream. When he heard this, Chris Christie said 'Hey, she stole my speech.'

What faith has not been used by demagogues as a club over somebody's head?

Playing Willie Loomis was really fun for me because it was something nice and different to embody. It was neat playing this drunken servant who was hypnotized by Johnny Depp.

Women need to support other women, not cut them down. And that goes for recognizable women too.

Like two eagles soar as one upon the river of the wind with the promise of forever, we will take the past and learn how to begin.

Business is the real test of the moral life.