[My mother] was busy being a homemaker and was not an activist by any means.

Instead of bailing out Wall Street for the fourth time.. let's bail out the students.

Pay attention America. Third party might not win it this year, but we could be seeing the shift away from a two party system unfolding.

It's not possible to solve the climate crisis while we continue to expand fracking.

We cannot simultaneously fight terrorism, we and our allies, while with the other hand we fund terrorism, arm terrorism and train terrorism.

Moving to 100 percent renewable energy means we no longer need and can no longer justify wars for oil.

The corporate-powered parties are not gonna do it for us, not the greater or the lesser evil. We have to do it for ourselves. And the minute we stand up and stand together, we are unstoppable.

I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights in the workplace.

There is no such thing as a survivable or local nuclear war.

I think it would be a disaster if Donald Trump is elected. It will also be a disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected.

In this country, we not only have a right to vote, we have a right to know who we can vote for.

The gut is the seat of all feeling. Polluting the gut not only cripples your immune system, but also destroys your sense of empathy, the ability to identify with other humans.

Listen to wise sayings

Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.

I’m as forgiving as the wall you hit at two hundred kilometers an hour.

For the real winners, there are no finish lines.

You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all.

Competition is a painful thing, but it produces great results.

For me, the measure of a poem is the word, not the line.

Americans do not like long wars with indecisive outcomes.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.