GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile

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?

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

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.

To the world, most people are not remembered for being great parents. To the child, without parents, nothing great would have been put into the world.

Dogs are always going to come up short if you insist on defining them as a weird kind of cat.

It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands or anything, like all the rest of us. Just played his guitar and sang his songs.

So I am death" Charlie said then turned to his daughter while buttering his toast. "This is death toast sweety.

One cold wintry day in London, I was dreaming about salad nicoise—one of my favorites.

I don't like getting up early in the morning and learning all that stuff. I work with offers that I can't refuse.

One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.

For the eight years I was president I never let my dream of a nuclear-free world fade from my mind.

Why couldn't it have been done 2 years ago, and why will 2 years in the future be too late?

I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.