The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.
What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
I think it's important that we remind everybody that America was never great in itself. It's been great in its aspirations.
Individuals move and shift from one party to another simply on their aspirations for office.
Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.
There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.
I'm definitely attracted to the idea of people that have these big aspirations that the audience know might never happen, but they're lost in them.