In uniform patriotism can salute one flag only, embrace but the first circle of life - one's own land and tribe. In war that is necessary, in peace it is not enough.

Hyperbole was to Lyndon Johnson what oxygen is to life.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it's time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.

Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

In marriage, everyday you love,and everyday you forgive.It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness

I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one

Democracy doesn't begin at the top; it begins at the bottom, when flesh-and-blood human beings fight to rekindle what Arlo Guthrie calls 'The Patriot's Dream.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

My grandfather was a movie producer, and so I grew up on movie sets.

People now genuinely respond to it and associate me with music. It's really fun.

The life and fellowship of the church is to be a foretaste of life in the Kingdom of God.

You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.

Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.

Trickle down economics creates a nation of peons.

Christ was willing to suffer wrongs and to be despised, and do you dare to complain of anything?.

The sound of the bat is the music of spring training.