The argument of those who are being criticized at any time, the civil rights movement forward, the anti-war movement forward, is, it's always outside agitators doing it.

If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is truly the president who can't tell the difference.

As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

There's nothing wrong with being organized.Things that change history tend to be organized.

You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him.

John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command save one has stood with him.

You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion.

Wouldn't it be nice if there weree a planet where the sound of rain falling is like Bach?" he says."Yes, Planet Bach, " I respond.He smiles -"Yes", he murmurs- picturing it, hearing it.

Kindness beautifies your words.Love sweetens your words.Wisdom empowers your words.

Selfishness creates greed and greed destroys the soul.

Your powers are dead or dedicated. If they are dedicated, they are alive with God and tingle with surprising power. If they are saved up, taken care of for their own ends, they are dead.

Satisfied if they themselves can escape from the hard labour of thought, they willingly abandon to others the guardianship of their thoughts.

Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.

The only glory most of us have to hope for is the glory of being normal.

I want to be acting until the day I die. I want to be in movies and working with people who push me to be a better actor. That's what I look forward to, and that's what's important to me.

It always astounds me that over the course of my career, and having lived in four comedy cities - New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles - there's very few people I haven't run into.

I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.