Averages don't always reveal the most telling realities. You know, Shaquille O'Neal and I have an average height of 6 feet.

The only way to grow the economy in a way that benefits the bottom 90 percent is to change the structure of the economy. At the least, this requires stronger unions and a higher minimum wage.

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.

There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.

America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as they wish.

The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality fo result. Its equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference.

We're the richest economy in the history of the world. For the majority of Americans not to get the benefits of this extraordinarily prosperous economy, there's something fundamentally wrong.

Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large.

We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives.

It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War II, US top tax rates on the wealthy were never below 70 percent.

The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

Teachers were powerful enough to kill the indigenous languages: they are not powerful enough to bring them back to life.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

I believe that the Welfare State redistributes poverty and reduces income. As Karl Kraus once said of psychoanalysis, the Welfare State is the disease which it purports to cure.

Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

I feel like my life is just passing me by like two ships in the night. And I have missed both boats.

Cowspiracy may be the most important film made to inspire saving the planet.

When we work hard, we must eat well. What a joy, that you can receive Holy Communion often! It's our life and support in this life - Receive Communion often, and Jesus will change you into himself.

Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs.