People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.

Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell.

Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Leave safety behind. Put your body on the line. Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say. Well-aimed slingshots can topple giants.

Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

My goal is to do something outrageous every day.