"Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation."

"We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal."

"Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should."

"When you Google me, you'll find a lot of people don't like Richard Dreyfuss. Because I'm cocky and I present a cocky attitude. But no one has ever disagreed with the notion I represent, that we need more civic education. So far there's 100 percent support for that."

"Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French."

"When I was younger it was - you know, my dad dressed up in drag on 'Bosom Buddies.' And that was what I was having to deal with at the time. And then around the time that I was into college was when he became statue-worthy I guess you could say."

"Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete."

"However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird."