Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This is what I do for a living.

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

Money's only something you need in case you don't die tomorrow.

We are not asked to do great things. We are asked to do all things with great care.

I think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and the road to our own happiness, our own personal contentment and fulfillment.

Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.

People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain.

There is no greater virtue than honesty.

We have to fight for something. It has to cost us. Our lives, our faith, have to cost us something; otherwise we're left to question its value.

While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.

George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if youll pardon the expression.

The survival of poor opinions can make a thinker feel as though he is failing humanity.

Do your own thing with love and passion. You will be happy, no matter the result of your action.

First times are always sacred. May we never run out of "firsts

My shield, my salvation.

Everything I do is 100% automation, which means I'm just doing it live.

Everyone is a poet at 16, but how many are poets at 50? Generally, people seem to get more conservative as they age, but in my case, I seem to have gotten more radical.

A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.

Music is not disposable, people. We can twist it, sample it, mash it and experience it in endless ways. Open up.

Literature provides us with experiences it would not be wise or possible to introduce into our own world and thus enlarges our understanding of the world.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.