The rich and powerful want to believe in their right to be rich and powerful, so they justify it by saying they are inherently superior to the poor and lowly.

We can get the new world we want, if we want it enough to abandon our prejudices, every day, everywhere. We can build this world if we practice now what we said we were fighting for.

Nothing's easier than believing we understand experiences we've never had.

We always hate the school room where we learn hard lessons. But then we love it, because that's the school that taught us all we know, and gave us all the strength we have.

You are not required to start over, but you are required to keep going.

No human being can destroy the structure of a marriage except the two who made it. It is the one human edifice that is impregnable except from within.

being made happy isn't receiving something new, it's being made to understand what we have.

The third level of prayer, which is much more serious is knocking

Love is a scandal of the personal sort.

We are a great nation because we are a good people.

In honor of Al Gore, green tea, not Tea Party, but Al Gore green tea. And by the way, it's tree hugger-approved.

My advice to any actor who's playing, quote, unquote, "extra" to think of it more like Stanislavski did. It's not a small part. You are the lead in the movie, in your own movie.

The time may have come to say goodbye to Muhammad Ali, because very honestly, I don't think he can beat George Foreman.

Policy change is most effectively enacted on the local and state level.

If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.

God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development.

I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead.