Quotes

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.

For many, the American dream has become a nightmare.

Democratic socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.

Capitalism does a number of things very well: it helps create an entrepreneurial spirit; it gets people motivated to come up with new ideas, and that's a good thing.

Together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America and that revolution – Our Revolution – continues.

You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.

Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth.

Mathematics is written for mathematicians.

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'

Logic is no answer to passion.

A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

I intend to live life, not just exist.

On a bus, your eyes, ears, and pores are open absorbing in the variety, the wonder, and the magic of the city. It's a wonderful way to get to know the city.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.

Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.

My standard comment is, 'If you don't want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don't act like Homer Simpson.'

You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it.

Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.