The Russians need to understand that you cannot have peace [in Syria] unless you resolve the question of Sunni buy-in.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve.

You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!

I don't want comfortable. My heart is not a recliner.

Ars moriendi ars vivendi est: the art of dying is the art of living.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

You can market anything in the world all it requires creativity and patience #Thinklogical #ThinkDigital

I swear he's just so freaking smoldering, you have to see him." She shakes her head, annoyed that I can't join in on the fun. "He's like combustible!

I have 40-something intros [that Davis Jr. did]; all are different, none of them happened. And it was hilarious.

However, if I ever were in a position to choose who would play me, I think I'd choose Johnny Depp.

I always say the only limitations are in your mind, and if you don't buy into those limits, you can do a helluva lot more than you imagine.

Mean Streets dealt with the American Dream, according to which everybody thinks they can get rich quick, and if they can't do it by legal means then they'll do it by illegal ones.

People tend to think of their lives as having a dramatic arc, because they read too much fiction.