If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

When everyone is included, everyone wins.

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

Our flag is read, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbown-red, yellow, brown, black and white - and we're all precious in God's sight.

The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape, " she explained. "She was crushed.""I'd have been disappointed too.

To appear in heaven, let yourself disappear amongst the beauties of nature!

Figure out what makes you laugh, and do more of it. Figure out what makes you cry, and do less of it.

Money can buy you attention, but it can never buy you true respect.

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.

It's great to jump into things you're not sure of and you haven't done and that are a little scary. That's what we have to do, as artists.

I like playing with a popular cliché and making it my own by half-embracing it, half-disemboweling it.

I'm not a patient person.

The perfect accessory can make the difference between looking blah and totally to die for

I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people.