Keith Ellison

If you can make a movie, make one. If you can sing a song, sing it. If you can write a play, write it. If you want to run for office, run. But do something to make this world a better place.

When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.

Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure.

The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.