Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.

This is what a castle sounded like when it died, and he knew he would never forget it.

After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.

Eight years of work can be copied in six months. It wasn't inevitable that it was going to work. A stolen design is stolen time.

Half of your power lies in your sameness with others. The other half lies in your uniqueness.

She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could write with her during the day. And that was Carole King.

The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself.

Workin' so hard every night and day and now we get to lay back.

I will stand up for families against powerful interests, against corporations.

If you want to achieve something, you have to work a little harder and get out of your comfort zone. That is with everything: relationships, the band, music, athletics. All of the above.

When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.