You have to get comfortable [with your work], you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language... Apache.

Be so good they can't ignore you.

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life.

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

Don't underestimate anyone, not even yourself.

We are ancients of the earth, And in the morning of the times.

Pain and frustration vanish in the sunlight of your smile.

Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty.

The Economic Problem...the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle.

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.

[Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

A paranoiac, like a poet, is born, not made.

This country provides opportunities. If you don't take advantage of them, it's your own fault.