My favorite birthday game is Pin the Cleanup on the guests.

I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion.

Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing...uh, um...Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.

We do not have a crisis at Freddie Mac, and particularly Fannie Mae, under the outstanding leadership of Frank Raines.

Riot is the voice of the unheard.

You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.

The arts, it has been said, cannot change the world, but they may change human beings who might change the world.

I don't see white police officers slamming the heads of little white boys into police cars.

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

I am not afraid of anybody. This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell.

A teacher in search of his/her own freedom may be the only kind of teacher who can arouse young persons to go in search of their own

I am infected with the eternal virus of love. I am eager to spread it, and I never want a cure.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that.

But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

Put your mouthful of words away and come with me to watch the lilies open in such a field, growing there like yachts, slowly steering their petals without nurses or clocks.

Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.

Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.

When I came to North America, it was hard. It was hard to understand, hard to get someone to understand me. I only knew Russian. I studied French in school, but it didn't help. I forgot most of that.

You lose yourself trying to hold on to someone who doesn't care about losing you

Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued