When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver.

I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is by the mind of experimentation.

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical.

As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it.

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.

You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously.

As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he was going to win, and I guess that made an impression on me.

If you engage people honestly, and you're willing to do the leg work, people will respond to that.

If you are doing well, your business will pay more in tax; if you're not doing well, you pay less.

I really am disappointed when I run into people who are angry I'm leaving office.

I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should.

And once the ripples still and the water returns to its unwavering calm, even the pebble that broke its surface will be forgotten. And the world will go on.

Why do you do it, Amber? Why do you go after people like you do? It’s not who you are.”“That’s the point, ” Amber said. “I’m not allowed to be who I really am.

We were enjoying one of those rare summers of utter freedom – no financial responsibility, no debts, no time owing to anybody.

Gut health is the key to overall health.

In healthy individuals, emotions don't distort rationality, they enhance it!

The mosquitoes here are big enough to rape a chicken.

With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

I think we all learn by doing rather than thinking about doing.

Idolatry is when you become the source of your own joy. Poverty of spirit is a wonderful thing.

There are few punishments too severe for a popular novel writer.