"Words cause pain, they evoke anger, they make us hate, they lead us to war. But they also make us laugh, bring us joy, and satisfying our emotional hungers."

“Big arms are fun, and if their training doesn't interfere with the rest of the program, wait till everybody's gone, like I do.”

“Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.”

“To my mind, the actor has this great responsability of playing another human being… it’s like taking on another person’s life and you have to do it as sincerely and honestly as you can.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“I was diagnosed a number of years ago with obsessive-compulsive disorder - which everyone has, to some degree - and I have this really annoying trait where in conversation, I always steer it back to something that happened to me.”

“I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be truthfully written.”

“I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.”

“A Nuns Life: Chastity, poverty, and obedience. Wait, chastity?" BUMPER STICKER”

“But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.”

Source : Howard Zinn (2012). “Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches, 1963-2009”, p.299, Haymarket Books