Every accepted public quote

“No one can take better care of you than you yourself.”

“Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.”

“To begin with, I want to tell a good story, a story that people will listen to and that they'll think this is true, even if it is a story that might be defined as - as myth or legend or even...”

“Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.”

“I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under the constraints imposed by our biology and history. Whe...”

“Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.”

“Donald Trump is fighting for working people, and he's fighting to restore the borders around this country that are the essential ingredient for national sovereignty and national success in a...”

“I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight. I think the evolution of insect flight is perhaps one of the most important events in the history of life. Without insects, there'd be...”

“People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.”

“Sometimes I wake up and stretch and do 20 minutes on the treadmill, or anything to just break a sweat. And then I have the weekends where I can get out and play nine holes and maybe go to th...”

“In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, bid...”

“The chances that your tombstone will read 'Killed by Asteroid' are about the same as they'd be for 'Killed in Airplane Crash.'”

“Smart and savvy, the fearless female member of George Washington's Secret Six is a testament to the strong women who have helped to alter the course of history in this great nation, both in...”

“I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.”

“Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.”

“Everybody know, I don't do no promoting. I don't ever have to promote nothing, that's the beauty of Lil Wayne.”

“I hate the idea of genres.”

“Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.”

“The rain always reminds me of our kisses: soft, tender, and sublime!”

“And after I started working for the Bureau, most of my translation duties included translations of documents and investigations that actually started way before 9/11.”

“For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.”

“Any praise goes to my coaches and my teammates. I have the easy part of waking up and going to the gym. They're the ones that have to break my bad habits and teach me new things. They're lit...”

“Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.”

“I love making people laugh. And I love laughing.”

“If Margaret Thatcher took climate change seriously and believed that we should take action to reduce global greenhouse emissions, then taking action and supporting and accepting the science...”

“I can't control the criticism. It's something you certainly don't appreciate, but by the same token, everybody is entitled to their opinion.”

“I can only see what's in front of me, but God can see what's behind, what's ahead of me, what's beside me, and it just makes it so much easier to release control, cuz at the end of the day,...”

“I've got one of those over-stuffed leather chairs from the Pottery Barn. It faces north. I live in San Francisco, so there's the Golden Gate Bridge off to the left, and there's Alcatraz off...”

“I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to...”

“I realized that I didn't need nearly as many calories as I'd grown accustomed to. I ate 100 to 200 calories every two hours or so, consumed healthy proteins (yogurt, lean meat, turkey jerky)...”

“Sexual living is a reflection of God's love for us. It has two key qualities, which is faithfulness and creativity of new life.”

“Hit records create slang, and if you create slang, you get into a broader conversation level.”

“Every single immigrant we have, undocumented or documented, is a future American. That's just the truth of it.”

“The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.”

“I am a glutton for a beautiful hotel. I am so easily smitten by high thread counts.”

“We don't take Sweet'n Lows from restaurants anymore. I don't stuff dinner rolls into my pocketbook.”

“We try and give as much diversity to our show as possible. That's something that's very strong in our show: there are so many strong female leads in 'The 100.'”

“What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.”

“Coming from a middle-class family in Hyderabad, I was an introvert. I chose to be the way I am.”

“Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.”

“There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.”

“You are never too insignificant to make a difference.”

“As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.”

“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”

“If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.”

“The only people who soul can truly magnify the Lord are...people who acknowledge their lowly estate and are overwhelmed by the condescension of the magnificent God.”

“It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him, that determines the quality of your friendship.”

“If you want to see the world don't be the fulcrum pin of the ferris wheel. Rather be a nail on one of the benches in one of the cars.”