"It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"It is a timeless truth that do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold."

"Time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing."

"If your movies don't perform, they just stop calling you."

"It is a unyielding truth that do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul."

"Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine."