I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.

It's not getting any easier.Life will keep on challenging you as long as you are the strong rival.Once you give up, life will lose interest in you and leave you in peace/ease.

Every guy liked to think that his demons were meaner and crazier than anybody else's.

You know George M. Steinbrenner III is the center of all evil in the universe.

Margaret Thatcher once said, "If you want something talked about, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

There’s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.

You would be surprised of films that people just don't see. You know what I mean? I'm always working and I'm a film buff but I'm an old school film buff.

I have my own charity organization in Berlin called Ruckenwind, which supports kids from - ya - not ideal backgrounds.

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.