Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies work by destroying each other.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.

Entrepreneur, noun: someone who takes calculated risks to add value to wider society with the hope of making money and building wealth

Fighting a losing battle is as good as tucking in stones in your pockets, jumping in a dam and hoping to float.

I've made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave.

In the normal life of an actor or director, running around, there's not much time to go to church. But there's other ways to be spiritual, too.

You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.

A statute is written to entrap meaning, a poem to escape it.

Yeah, I don't mess with chicks younger. They got to be almost thirty.

In general, organizations are afraid to fire customers, no matter how unreasonable. This is a mistake. It's good for you.