People are hungry for stories. It's part of our very being.

Dorothy Day said - and I'm sure that Kathy Kelly would say the same thing - 'I'm working toward a world in which it will be easier for people to behave decently.' Now, think about that: a world in which it will be easier for people to behave decently.

Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.

When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.

Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of four or five million. That means it was a best seller for years. People were thoughtful then. Hope is one thing. But you need to have hope with thought.

My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'.

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.