Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details.

If I know better than you know what I am up to, it is only because I spend more time with myself than you do.

I've noticed that great political leaders are energized by conflict. I'm energized by listening to people's stories and trying to figure out shared solutions. That's the work of an organizer.

Laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships.

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world

The reason to drive this point home with a vivid and frank comparison is many New Yorkers are still not confronting the reality of how serious our crisis is. It was an exhortation to face reality.

The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

I can feel the thunder underneath my feet

I am happy being what I am.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse.

"In France," Marcel said with wintry dignity, "accidents occur in the bedroom, not the kitchen."