Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.

Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession.

Money is power in American politics. It always has been.

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector.

In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims.

The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.

People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.

Take life a little more gladly, Every disappointment a little more lightly, Every heartache a little more positively, And you have a little more days to live.

Don't let anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses ruin your life, be brave and face the day ahead of you

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

You say, "Something important really happened here. I really had hold of something I was visited by the muse." And that's enough to make you continue the months and years to finish the whole book.

Advertising is not a rifle; it is a shotgun, and any campaign featuring outdoor boards of a cartoon animal inevitably will catch children in its spray.

With me, my main vision for life was to avoid as many people as possible. The less people I saw the better I felt.

I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.

A lot of people like to fool you and say that you're not smart if you never went to college, but common sense rules over everything. That's what I learned from selling crack.

Instead of me keeping my art a personal thing, we can use it to save lives, change lives and inspire.