I'm gonna say that I have followed every presidential campaign since the campaign of President [John F.] Kennedy in 1960.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed

I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.

Don't give up! Don't give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.

You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

The basic urge toward mysticism is never, in the unaltered man, clear enough to be recognized for what it is.

There is not one harsher, more sure-fire way to fail than that of the man who tries to be like Jesus without submitting to Jesus.

It is the leader’s job to model and enforce the values and behaviors that make up the company culture. “Model” the behaviors is key. “Do as I say” only breeds contempt from others.

When you know your worth, no one can dictate your value.

It's a police mantra that all members of the public are guilty of something, but some members of the public are more guilty than others.

You know what? I don't care. I'm my own guy. I'm very secure with my sexuality. I can cry anytime I want.

For fiction, Im not particularly nationalistic. Im not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.

They [The Beatles ] were the first band to write their own songs in Britain because we always just covered American songs before that.

The present moment, if you think about it, is the only time there is. No matter what time it is, it is always NOW!

The problems with success, frankly, are infinitely preferable to the problems of failure.