Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

The right of each individual in any relation to secure to himself the full benefits of his intelligence, his capacity, his industry and skill are among the inalienable inheritances of humanity.

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and control over labor and the resources of the country. Labor will have its best return when the laborer can control its disposal.

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from the new position he enjoys. Each has an interest in the other.

When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious

There are people that appreciate the music for its musical value and there are people that will always think that it should be reserved as an expression for people who grew up with it.

You feel touched and honored and alive when you give to someone

Creativity is the marriage humanity makes with eternity.

If vices were profitable, the virtuous man would be the sinner.

Life was meant to be happy.

I don't in any sense think of myself as a celebrity, which of course I'm not.

Find a way to get back in to the game, find a way to build a partnership, find a way to catch a ball, find a way to stop it.

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.