Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don't think politicians can afford to be complacent.

It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

We don't win what we don't fight for.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

Humankind is the greatest resources. Don’t lose faith in the people.

I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.

When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.

All men who have moved the world have been men who would stand true to their conscience.

Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.

Trust in your own self more than in all else.

A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.

We know who you are [ Donald Trump] and what you said you will do. And we don't want the public policy that you are proposing.

I suspect that my thinking is an eclectic mix, not pure net-net because I couldn’t do it anyway so you have to have a new something to hang your hat on. But the framework stays the same.

I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions.