“The ‘well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the ‘well-amused audience’.”

In order to solve the climate crisis, we need to solve the democracy crisis.

Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather.

Mother Nature does not do bailouts.

Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.

Take it from me, every vote counts.

I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

Take it from me: Elections matter.

Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any … people of any religious faith in this country.

The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal.

Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.

The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future.

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.

We all know the leopard can’t change his stripes.

The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable…that what we take for granted may not be here for our children

As many know, the Chinese expression for “crisis” consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for “danger,” the second the symbol for “opportunity.”

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.

I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it’s what I live for.

The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating.

When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that’s a gift – to you and your audience.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

The audience has always been my best director.

I want to grow up, live my life, experience things, make movies about those experiences and by the time the audience catches up.

I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don’t have anything against that.

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of women and their eager faces. They are more obscene than if they were dancing naked themselves.