I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.

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.

I will never be a loser. Never. Because I will never stop trying to be better.

He is a Christian, and believes charity begins at home. And often it remains there.

They courted the face on the screen, the face of translucence, the face of wax on which men found it possible to imprint the image of their fantasy.

Do you know what Christianity is? We believe your religion [Judaism], but you [Jews] have to obey.

When we are in a situation where Jesus is all we have, we soon discover He is all we really need.

When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.

Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.

Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.

When you've got eight or nine or ten cables running around with someone trying to operate them, it's too much.

Wherever you find a sentence musically worded, of true rhythm and melody in the words, there is something deep and good in the meaning too.