Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right.

We all do better, when we all do better.

Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people's lives.

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

If you want something done right get someone else to do it.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

When you commit to being a musician, I don't think you're really sure or care about when you're going to pay the bills. I don't think you care about that as much as you care about playing music.

[My vision of America is] a good vision. Actually the best is on TV. I wanted to shoot all the pictures off the TV. No one would have known the difference.

The deplorable thing is that the people who were tortured yesterday, torture today.

As far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Single handed, he is trying to change the world, regardless of any personal consequences.

The independent girl is truly of quite modern origin, and usually is a most bewitching little piece of humanity.

A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.

In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.

I wouldn’t mind going to jail if I had three cellmates who played bridge