Every accepted public quote

“I'm not much of a water skier, my legs are too skinny for that, so I just try to tube and have fun, just ride.”

“Consistency is key. Pick up one rock a day. One day you will look back and realize you moved a mountain.”

“Television is such an evolving medium. When you're doing a TV show, it's not like you just shoot for six weeks and you're in an editing room with all of your footage. It's like a guitar or a...”

“It takes time to be a success.”

“All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.”

“I've never met Lena Dunham, but I'm such a huge fan - I think she's a crazy genius.”

“I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.”

“An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It...”

“If I just retweet the nice things, it rings hollow after a while.”

“When a big vision meets a dysfunctional system, the dysfunctional system wins every time. Fix the system and success will flourish!”

“Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.”

“I could make a martyrly claim to having been the victim of childhood enslavement when I report that I started regularly cooking with my mother at a hot stove when I was five. But the truth i...”

“The point... is to dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect, to call off the thoughts when turning upon disagreeable objects, and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.”

“I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes.”

“I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy.”

“The world has been printing books for 450 years, and yet gunpowder still has a wider circulation. Never mind! Printer's ink is the greater explosive: it will win.”

“He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.”

“It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and provincial governments in the area of skills training have been clari...”

“Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.”

“The problem with traditional pie weights is you never have enough and they're expensive. Common substitutes like dried beans just aren't heavy enough to do the job. Our genius solution? Smal...”

“Compassion and empathy are anathema to sports.”

“I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It's definitely a gift and for which I'm thankful.”

“With large industries throwing out the factory model as counterproductive, it is long past time for schools to do the same. I wonder how many adults would do well at dealing with different j...”

“Design, whether it's on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It's mixing different colors, different textures, and unexpected patterns - elements that you wouldn't often put togethe...”

“If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves.”

“I want to look my best for God. So many people have the attitude that if you're a Christian you've got to dress bad, wear an old color, not do anything to your hair, have nothing. It's no wo...”

“I had already been making music for my whole high school life, and '10 Day,' which took me a whole year to finish, was about working with a lot of different producers and learning all of the...”

“I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.”

“My team-mates appreciate that I do the dirty work and I know it is necessary.”

“I like suggesting that 'we are slaves to the objects around us,' that 'plenty should be enough,' or that the 'buyer should beware,' within the context of conventional selling space.”

“At all times, trust in God.”

“The only time I've tried to make plans, the cosmic sledgehammer has intervened and something else has happened. You just have to wait and see what comes your way, so that's what I do.”

“American computer science grads often have very little exposure to the human condition. They've rarely had manual labor or service jobs. They grow up in a bubble of privilege lulled into thi...”

“I was Mayor of New York during a great Yankees dynasty. I got to preside over the city during four Yankees championships.”

“Whether or not we are religious, respecting others should be seen as just as important as looking out for ourselves, yet it requires discipline to change our bad habits that cause pain to an...”

“Do whatever you do intensely.”

“We need to get some rationality on the Second Amendment. This is crazy what we allow ourselves.”

“I went to the University of Maryland for a year and was considering maybe, you know, being a medical doctor but decided my other interest was maybe flying airplanes in the Navy and just kind...”

“My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.”

“I love Cameron Diaz, and I love Drew Barrymore.”

“I don't know anyone who actually likes the dark or night-time. I don't care how much they say it doesn't bother them. That's why we used to huddle in caves and light fires when the sun went...”

“Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.”

“The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises.”

“If the salesperson is busy, he or she should nod and say 'I'll be with you in a few moments,' so the customer won't mind waiting.”

“Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.”

“It doesn't come easily to me, comedy. It's definitely not my strong suit. I'm probably more suited for drama and dramatic roles, but I certainly would love to be in quirky and fun movies.”

“A courtroom is supposed to be a place where the status quo can be disrupted - even upended - when the Constitution or laws may require, where the comfortable can be afflicted and the afflict...”

“I'm not a malicious person. When you get past the tattoos and leather, I give people a fair shake. There are periods when I've sowed some wild oats, no doubt about it. And I can party with s...”