That Jesus’ followers (and later Paul) had resurrection experiences is, in my judgment, a fact. What the reality was that gave rise to the experiences I do not know.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

It's better to show up than to give up.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

If you look good, you feel good, If you feel good, you play good, If you play good, they pay good.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

The only private sector industry where employees work with their lives on stake for the interest of common people is media industry.

You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you.

An overdose of love is logically consistent curative.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

So let me get this straight. Government can't track illegals and out of date visas, but they know who you called this morning?

Ten minutes is short if it's a recess and long if it's a punishment.

One has to regard a man as a Master who can produce on average three uniquely brilliant and entirely original similes to every page.

My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.

The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity.