An event of colossal and overwhelming significance may happen all at once, but the words which describe it have to come one by one in a long chain.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.

We have a high moral responsibility to be rational

Go where you are wanted and stray from where you aren't. Surround yourself with positive people and environments.

I feel like I write the same album every time but each time I try to convey the message more simply.

The one [thing about Amish life] that I'm always going to miss is the closeness that I've had with my family. I still talk to them, but I'm an outsider.

I used to breed poodles. I liked them because they were fluffy and so cute - and honestly, they make a lot of money when you sell them!

The illusion that you could hold to yourself the things you most want and lose the things you least wanted to keep..ıs the struggle of lıfe.

Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.

The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat and I think it's important to us and I’m personally very pleased that we plan to continue to run candidates in Northern Ireland as well.

The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.

Whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest.