I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.

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.

His voice was languidly dense, as if he was a little slow on the uptake, but Strike knew that tone came from the man's feeling of complete control.

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

I wonder if, as a society, we will ever be able to call someone a jive tofurkey.

The stuff I write isn't strictly autobiographical, but it's personal, if that makes any sense. It draws all these little incidents and people out of my life and then contorts them.

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.

The stars are yours, if you have the head, the hands, and the heart for them.

I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence.

You'd never last in South America. Fans take their radios to the stadium so they can think what the commentators think.