“The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.”

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

The moment you say, ‘I want to do a role,’ the story suffers. I don’t set priorities in terms of roles or scripts.

The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.

Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.

If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they understand the commitment necessary to govern themselves. Its not clear how they will do it, but it never is.

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

Clinton’s an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?

I’ve been a Yankees fan since I was six.

When you’re fighting for economic and social justice, you’re always fighting for the minority.

Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.

I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don’t rely on some bag of acting tricks I’ve amassed over the years.

The problem is that the people with the most ridiculous ideas are always the people who are most certain of them.

The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.

When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.

Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.

Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?