If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf, eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that can mean.

My mother raised me right - everything from Fleetwood Mac and the Doors to Pink Floyd and so on and so forth.

There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.

Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs in society; the old language allows you to keep your sense of 'who you are.' It preserves your identity. With two languages, you have the best of both worlds.

The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.

People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.

If you think the President was right to open the doors of American opportunity to young immigrants brought here as children who want to go to college or serve in the military, you should vote for Barack Obama.

Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in?

In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other's art, so we can effect a synthesis.

I love playing the Fillmore. I love the walk from the hotel and climbing up those old, iron stairs that lead to the stage. I imagine Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix and the Doors and all those other great bands climbing those same stairs.

When Aretha Franklin came on the radio when I was in college, we would stop the car, throw open the doors, jump out, and dance.

I never really officially retired from the WNBA, I just left the doors open.

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised, a green light to move forward. It means hope to a nation that has given up, because if a gay person makes it, the doors are open to everyone.

The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.

I grew up, really, in the days before air conditioning. So I can remember what it was like to be really hot, for instance, and I can remember what it was like when your barber shop and your local stores weren't air conditioned, so it was hot when you went in them and they propped the doors open.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.