If a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

It's better to show up than to give up.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.

It isn't a matter of fitting in but rather staying in because some people just don't.

I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else!

Good talkers are people who use interesting language and have a lot of energy in speech and who also listen.

Memories and possibilities are even more hideous than realities.

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

Its like if you take acid, it burns out brain cells and they dont regrow. Rock is like that-it has killed beautiful people musically, physically and mentally.

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesnt make it pancakes

In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We're a family.

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character into the room with you, you might as well not come into the room at all.