Why do the right wing media so assiduously scrutinize the words of a grief filled mother and ignore the words of a lying president?

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno

The opposite of good is not evil; it's apathy.

Every day is a new sense of tearing my heart out of my body again when I see other children who have been killed, and I know what their families are going through.

I raised four kids in six years.

Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country.

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain

One of my biggest inspirations is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Yea, President Hugo.

I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled.

I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.

True joy does not discount real suffering

I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well.

I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing.

One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

When you live in surrender, something comes through you into the world of duality that is not of this world.

Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.

Death is a doorway, Niko, that leads to an adventure greater than any you have ever known.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

I just try to stay around the same people, stick around the same group.