To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

Fish are a renewable resource, and one of the problems we've had is people feel obliged to catch the limit, then throw 'em in the garbage can.

I am not one of these guys who is just going to waste American lives by throwing people needlessly in frontal attacks up against the enemy if I can avoid doing that.

Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes with a two by four to get its attention.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

“In the same way that individual women are often underestimated, a movement of women is also understimated, but the truth is that, if people realize someone is willing to talk about these deep and daily concerns, they show up.” 

“Being graded for memorizing male accomplishments with the deep message that we can learn what others do but never do it ourselves.” 

“When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel.” 

“Roots can exist without flowers, but no flower can exist without roots. Religion may be a flower, but people are its roots.” 

“Just pause, let the audience absorb the hostility, then say, ‘I didn’t pay him to say that.’ ” 

“the discovery that ordinary people are smart, smart people are ordinary,” 

“people in the same room understand and empathize with each other in a way that isn’t possible on the page or screen.” 

“White people should have sued for being culturally deprived in a white ghetto. When humans are ranked instead of linked, everyone loses.” 

“When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel.” 

“I've noticed that great political leaders are energized by conflict. I'm energized by listening to people's stories and trying to figure out shared solutions. That's the work of an organizer.” 

“Always look at what people do, not who they are.” 

“If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them. If you hope people will change how they live, you have to know how they live. If you want people to see you, you have to sit down with them eye-to-eye.” 

“Decisions are best made by the people affected by them.” 

“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.” 

Didgeridoo is a name that white people gave it when they came to Australia, from the sound that it makes. Its traditional name is yidaki.

When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.

It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from different pockets of the world come and open their soul and let their spirits mingle and dance. That energy comes up through me, and all I do is channel it; it's like a circular motion and very sacred.

Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.