"The world is shaped by different people..." - Quote by Ralph Nader

“To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than it does to have full life imprisonment without parole.”

“She was the light of our lives, our anchor, compass and vision.”

“When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated.”

“There's a part of me that is angry. Not in the sense of, "Gee, George is an angry guy!" I mean, anyone who's been with me five minutes, five years, whatever, they would tell you they've rarely seen me in a moment of anger. Yes, I can become highly irritated in a line that's moving slowly, or with a clerk who's incompetent. But I don't yell. I don't get rude. I am clear about what I expect. In a store, my mother always told me, "Ask for the manager immediately. It changes the tone of the conversation."”

“I think that all creative people are a little bit nuts.”

“Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets.”

“Take the utmost care to get well born and well brought up.”

“My parents are really conservative. My dad is Muslim, and my mom is the most conservative woman you've ever met. They're very aristocratic in the most quaint suburban way.”

“Eighty percent of our criminals come from unsympathetic homes.”