The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.

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.

Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.

Every movie is different. Every movie requires its own sort of photographic voice.

I think we're going to have to take a hard look about what more we can do to prevent this kind of lone wolf attack.

What we choose, changes us. What we love, transforms us.

To live in society today is like living in one enormous comic-strip.

Shakespeare - it's not funny. No matter how they try to make Shakespeare funny, when it's meant to be funny it's not funny.

When you say "paying the banks," what they really mean is paying the bank bondholders. They are basically the One Percent.

I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.

Challenges are what you came for. And you are never ever given a challenge you cannot overcome.