He who molds the public sentiment… makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

A very large majority of the U.S. population is in favor of establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba and has been for a long time with some fluctuations. And even part of the business world is in favor of it, too. But the government won’t allow it.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don’t see why anybody does.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Of two evils, choose neither.

Political courage is not political suicide.

Fortunately we’re not a public company – we’re a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.

If we go on your iPhone and go to the dictionary and look up ‚humble,‘ 80 per cent of the definition is negative. It’s a controlling word. It’s a way to control the masses and to control the sheep.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Solutions are not the answer.

Affluence means influence.

I never do anything that I don’t want to do.

A master performer like Bill Clinton never lost sight of the fact that as president he had to project confidence and power, but if he was speaking to a group of autoworkers he would adjust his accent and his words to fit the audience, and do the same for a group of executives.

The problem with car dealerships is you’ve already decided what you want to buy before you even go there, and you’re really just going there to talk through some annoying negotiation.

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‚intelligence‘ and selected ‚leaks.‘

I don’t believe in signing anything and everything that comes my way. I leave it to my agency to help narrow them down for me, but I do research it myself before signing. The image of the brand and its ambassadors go hand in hand.

I never make conscious decisions.

I was warped early by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe. I was very fond of Franz Kafka.

The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they’re not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

You’re president, if you conclude my judgment is not the right judgment, I abide by that, but I want an opportunity to have an input.

The woman that deliberates is lost.

When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.

It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

We live in a day that nobody’s lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I’ll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It’s just an amazing day.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Most Americans think there’s already universal background checks. They don’t understand why there wouldn’t be a background check to purchase a weapon.

My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that’s the law.

I believe in that old adage that ‚as goes California, so goes the country.‘

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live and could not spare any more time for that one.

I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.

So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

I don’t think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.