Art is not living. It is the use of living. The artist has the ability to take the living and use it in a certain way and produce art.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

For that matter, all this, is there a God? Corlis -- I don't care!""Huh, " I considered. "I guess I don't either"."Most people don't! All they care about, " he added grimly, "is being right".

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

Objects seen in dreams should be manufactured and put on sale.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

Inside every seed is the potential for an incredible harvest.

[Obamacare] has to be enforced because nobody wants it. This is the nature of progressive government they don't care if it's not good for you. It's good for them.

Well, you don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind. You don't pull on the mask of old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

Never change your originality for the sake of others because no one can play your role better than you.

In life and in the universe it's always best to keep looking up.