I think we should want all of our cities to become more compassionate places, frankly.

Busy souls have no time to be busybodies.

A stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. A stronger middle class is the cause of economic growth.

I believe in the dignity of every person. I believe that while we are all free to practice our religion, and to hold whatever religious beliefs we choose.

Progress is a choice. Job creation is a choice. Whether we give our children a future of more or a future of less - this, too, is a choice.

We do need to confront evil in this world, but we do need to work with the other nation.

I think we can all agree that every child's home deserves to be protected equally under the law, that there is dignity in every child's home.

The world is a very dangerous place. But the world is not too dangerous of a place for the United States of America provided we act according to our principles, provided we act intelligently.

Leaders exhibit two essential characteristics, the willingness to confront adversity and a clearly articulated future preference.

I think we need an American jobs agenda for the climate challenge which means American renewable grid, more renewable energy.

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking that all of our Muslim American neighbors in this country are somehow our enemies here. They are our first line of defense.

Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.

He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.

The only way to truly record a person is not in words, not in still frames, but in bone and skin and memory.

Why-why-why!... Ask it of everything your mind touches, and let you mind touch everything!

To my mind the most poignant mystical exhoration ever written is "Be still and know that I am God."

Ron Atkinson was a firefighter. He came in and he stabled the club

I have an incredible team of collaborators that work with me on all my films. I adore them and respect them tremendously. I can't wait to begin production on my next film so we can be reunited.

Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.

The medium's gaze is brief, intense, and promiscuous. The shelf life of the moral causes it makes its own is brutally short.