Activism has always been the driving force for change.

The United States is a rogue state violating international law in many, many ways that California wouldn't have to if it seceded and became a nation.

I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, ending child labor, women voting, etc.

The Pentagon is supposed to be under civilian control and it ought to be up to the people of the United States, not the profiteers.

No other nation killed people the way the United States did to end slavery.

California as a nation or part of a larger West Coast nation, should other states join with California, would be a good influence on the rest of the United States.

The United States has been becoming worse year after year after year for decades, and it's guaranteed to continue down that path if we don't change something.

Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican.

Climate change is so unimaginable that most Americans deny it's happening.

I think the election of Donald Trump, if you want to call it an election, was unimaginable to most people, which is part of how it happened.

Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.

Addressing the concept of man made additions to the faith - “These additions-standards, practices, and allegiances supposedly created for our spiritual benefit-have had the opposite effect.

Take the government away. Let the parents take care of their kids.

Maybe I am naive about certain things. But I'm glad. I know all I want to know.

Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness.

Everyone here would die for the sake of truth. Everyone here lies constantly for the tiniest chance of personal gain. This is what it means to be a scientist.

Books worth reading are worth re-reading.

Do we have any chlorine? It seems to be kind of explosive when mixed with other stuff." "Like what, your socks? No, we don't have chlorine. No swimming pool.

If I collaborate with people, ideas...they take interesting turns and twists, and I'm excited for that and that process and excited to see what we come up with.

When the arts are eliminated, children get bored and tired of school. When the arts are included, children's imaginations are allowed to run wild.

If you want to grow a muscle, you must lift something out of your comfort zone. Push beyond what is comfortable, if you don't there will be no growth.