Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall.

Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.

The truest protest is beauty.

The final story, the final chapter of Western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.

Self-discipline, self-realization and self-reliance.

Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.

The worst thing for people to say about your movies is, "Yeah, it was pretty good, but it was too damn long.".

When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.

Parenting needs to come to the forefront.

We can embrace change by knowing we serve an unchanging God.

I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.

I'd love to make a second film, I'd love to make a third, and I'd love to have a long career doing this.

I fall in love every time. And I don't really fall in love a lot, but when I do, I fall hard.

Power posing! I do it before any appearance and recommend it to everyone. Gold!