Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right.

We all do better, when we all do better.

Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives.

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

Sink, suffer, self-destruct Rise stronger, reconstruct

Sorry, just ignore the man behind the curtain. Great, a subconscious with a sense of humor.

Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

Action is the parent of results; dormancy, the brooding mother of discontent.

Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.

We made 16 episodes of Cracker and I loved doing the show, but unfortunately no one was watching us.

Yes!!! I booked a commercial!!!

The fruition of beauty is no chance of hit or miss... it is inevitable as life.

Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.