Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

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

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

To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.

I have seen travel plans happen only when they were made overnight.

Together we were something less, which felt like such a relief, to not be ourselves for a while.

High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this.

If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.

That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.

Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke - Go and have a look in my bedroom, It's covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.

We have outlived this embryo, this human cradle, and now it's time to be up and about the great business of becoming citizens of the galaxy and at home with our own heart.

He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master.

I don't know that the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a child of somebody hugely famous necessarily comes into play in my life.