Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. This is not the case.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Found myself kneeling in Your presenceSeeking Your wisdom and embraceLetting go all the fears and found peaceYou put joy in my heart that my soul endlessly rejoices

If they were there for you when you had nothing, they are the ones worth having now. If they only notice you because of what you have gained, are they worth having at all?

The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.

When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.

I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.

Most girls don't know what to do with what they've got.

We fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves.

I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.

I'm looking forward to working with some of the best cast and crew there are.