The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. Its the biggest jolt of adrenaline. Its very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? Its in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it. – Tom Petty
I think weve been dulled by capitalism. Were just blobs now – were so worried about how we can keep paying the lease on the car, the mortgage, the lease on the toaster and all that. You cant really think about much else. If you lose that, you lose the whole lot. – Rupert Everett
When women break that taboo and theyre not afraid to drive that car by herself – thats it. Now she has the guts to speak up for herself and take action. – Manal al-Sharif
War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want people to understand the absolute futility of war, the pity of war as Wilfred Owen called it. – Michael Morpurgo
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind. – William Godwin
