Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

The future does not belong to those who are content with today Rather, it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason, and courage in a personal commitment.

It's as if when I open myself up to every perception, things create their own focus.

My best advice is never to address any woman as Madam unless she holds a high position in government or you happen to find yourself in a brothel speaking to its owner.

I was just about to begin writing Mirror Mirror, within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

The tender pressure of his lips soothed her, like a warm drink in the dead of the winter, when every part of her felt so cold.

Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home.

I'm trying to, with my stand-up and with the podcast, give people these little stupid things to give them happiness. I know that sounds lofty or like I'm starting a cult, but I kind of feel that way.

I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.

Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!

He who thinks all mankind is vile is a pessimist who mistakes his introspection for observation; he looks into his own heart and thinks he sees the world.