If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

Communism has defeated itself everywhere except... in American colleges.

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?

In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.

Man — despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments — owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.

It was self-serving politicians who convinced recent generations of Americans that we could all stand in a circle with our hands in each other’s pockets and somehow get rich.

We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.

You can always tell when you are on the road to success; it's uphill all the way.

I hope someday to have so much of what the world calls success, that people will ask me, "What's your secret?" and I will tell them, "I just get up again when I fall down."

These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

To be able to impact the society and to be an agent of change, you have to make yourself available to serve.

Taking the time to reflect on how you arrived at where you are today can have a massive impact on what your life will be like tomorrow.

Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have poured their surplus populations.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

That is the most confusing and insane thing to me, when people get offended on behalf of another group.

I saw Hollywood born and I've seen it die...

Since it doesn't cost a dime to dream, you'll never shortchange yourself when you stretch your imagination.

The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage.

In my research, all roads led back to Oscar. It's definitely in a way trying to understand the truly English element to glam-rock. It really does not come from American culture.