"If the women's movement can be summed up in a single phrase, it is 'the right to choose'."

“Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics looked like 'Saturday Night Fever' personified.”

“Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public and, time out of mind, have been used for purposes of assembly... and discussing public question. Such use of the streets and public places has, from ancient times, been a part of the privileges, immunities, rights, liberties of citizens. The privilege of a citizen of the United States to use the streets and parks for communication of views on national questions may be regulated in the interest of all... but it must not, in the guise of regulation, be abridged or denied.”

“The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans. I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.”

“There are two kinds of men and women, those who have in them resisting as their way of winning those who have in them attacking as their way of winning ...”

“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”

“Everyone is the keeper of a dream”

“Free speech includes the right to not speak.”

Source : "Why Wikipedia went down at midnight". Interview with John D. Sutter, www.cnn.com. January 18, 2012.

“Recorded music is basically free now. I used to tour to promote a CD, but now I make a CD to promote a tour. I've moved on and live with the new reality, but I do get frustrated when people do dumb things.”

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