The sharpest criticism often goes hand in hand with the deepest idealism and love of country.

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it.

The first sign of tyranny is government's complicity in privatizing the commons for private gain.

Religion is a salve for confusion and misdirection.

While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business.

The most patriotic thing you can do is to take care of the environment and try to live sustainably.

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

Corporate polluters, their phony think tanks and political toadies like to marginalize environmentalists as tree huggers, or radicals. But there is nothing radical about clean air or water.

We protect nature not for nature's sake but for our own sake because it's the infrastructure of our communities.

It was entirely silent and I tried to breathe its peace.

Dye your hair, certainly. But what can you do for your face?

Remember how last year there were two more girls than guys and I had to be on the guys' side and dance with all the girls? That was a lot of fun. I love being tall.

If these walls could talk, I wonder what secrets they'd tell.

Boards, boards, boards.

I am born connected. I am born remembering rivers flowing from my mother's body into my body.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.

God will take you through hell, just to get you to heaven.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.