Every accepted public quote

“We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.”

“He [Winston Churchill] has a future and I have a past, so we should be all right.”

“More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking unco...”

“To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.”

“I wanted to be Joni Mitchell.”

“I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back.”

“When my mission can survive without me, that is when The Divine will come for me.”

“Around 7 years old, we girls took dancing lessons, joined the Brownies, the Girl Scouts, the 4H Club.”

“Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet ti...”

“Having led many negotiations with countries outside the E.U. in the past, we would never enter the same compromises and reach the same good outcomes with states that don't shoulder the respo...”

“Social injustice is what puts Scotland at its greatest disadvantage, and restoring the 50p tax rate will start to fight that.”

“The heart has a yearning for the unknown, a longing to penetrate the deep shadow and the winding glade, where, as it seems, no human foot has been.”

“My vision was to create makeup that was more transparent but with formulas that last. I follow my instincts - it's all very spontaneous!”

“I always run in the morning on an empty stomach, and I'll go through a bottle and a half of water. Then I have a protein drink or I eat egg whites.”

“Nys'ema, oh, he was beautiful as a god and innocent as a child.”

“I was clear about the fact that my first film should be 'big,' since it's the start of your whole career graph.”

“None of your knowledge, your reading, your connections will be of any use here: two legs suffice, and big eyes to see with. Walk alone, across mountains or through forests. You are nobody to...”

“I think the cruise industry has come of age. And older people my age are attracted to the cruise ship industry. And they are booming right now, and all over the world they are booming. And I...”

“I don't always think I am right, not by a long shot, but no one stifles me. When I care deeply about something, you are going to know.”

“You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements...”

“I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.”

“I've been in the newspapers since I was about 15 - not for rapping, but for real substantive stuff I was doing in the community, organizing around gang violence in the schools. So I had alre...”

“Reality shows. I'll watch them, but I won't tell anyone I'll watch them. I remember when the first British 'Big Brother' was on. I watched that Nasty Nick. I never watched it since, but I wa...”

“If you can't be kind, at least be vague.”

“Yelp is - I mean, Yelp's not even good for looking up the restaurant's phone number because, you know, on the site, they just want you to read their reviews and look at their ads. They don't...”

“'Carousel,' please! I would die to do that.”

“The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.”

“A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes...”

“If you want to go big, failing repeatedly is part of the deal.”

“Thank God for Skype!”

“I had to learn how to work in a studio at first because it's a totally different creative environment to the 'bedroom recordings' I'd done before, where I could translate my own ideas withou...”

“You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.”

“Layering is always a great way to look different and to keep your look younger. Basic tees, vest tops, jackets, leggings, shrugs, etc, can be mixed up to add spunk, variety and colour to you...”

“There's an authenticity in just being who you are and not having an act about it or wear clothes you normally wouldn't wear. I'm just comfortable in my own skin.”

“When I was a kid, I loved Popeye, but the old ones, the real old ones.”

“The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it's still fresh every time you pick it up. That's also the sad thing about his writing sometimes, too.”

“Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given m...”

“There is no success like salvation”

“There are large numbers of people in India below the poverty line; there are large numbers of people who lead a meager existence. They want to find a little escape from the hardships of life...”

“I think we do have to take off the gloves in some areas, but within balance, and at the right time and the right way, and for the right reason and with full understanding of what the consequ...”

“If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Sea...”

“I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will happen and that it's the right way to do things. It's a deeply...”

“How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it.”

“A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.”

“Here's to walking my own path. Here's to claiming my birthright, my sovereign power. Here's to walking the sacred ground. Here, to break down any walls between the self and the higher callin...”

“I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I...”

“In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer's has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some y...”

“Dangers by being despised grow great.”