Every accepted public quote

“A person's health isn't generally a reflection of genes, but how their environment is influencing them. Genes are the direct cause of less than 1pc of diseases: 99pc is how we respond to the...”

“Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman.”

“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.”

“They do not eat Yorkshire pudding on Sunday in Iowa.”

“There was always music in my house when I was a kid. On Saturday mornings, my mother would clean house to 45s blaring out the songs of Neil Diamond, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Cat Stevens, Harry...”

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”

“I think sexuality, especially, is one of those fluid things where oftentimes we find who we are through certain things that happen in our lives.”

“If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.”

“As Governor of my country, I have been an enemy to its enemies; I have slain the English; I have mortally opposed the English King; I have stormed and taken the towns and castles which he un...”

“A steward in the above scripture is a servant who serves.”

“The work praises the man.”

“I read interviews saying women can bring a femininity to a song, a delicacy, but some women make really aggressive music.”

“The truly great books are always novels: 'Anna Karenina,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Magic Mountain.' Just as with 'Shahnameh,' I browse these books from time to time to remember how a g...”

“I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure.”

“To repent is to be reformed.”

“You can't choreograph death, but you can choreograph your funeral.”

“As a musician myself, I wouldn't be confident if I received some other composers' song, because I choose to express myself through the music that I make.”

“The more you head into the maelstrom, the more vulnerable you are, of course. But it's what you owe to whatever gift you have.”

“When I get up early, I appreciate the quiet time to enjoy a coffee or water my plants.”

“There are only a couple characters and people in the world where, in history, where you can go anywhere in the world and say that character or person, that name, that song, and everyone know...”

“It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.”

“The heart of spirituality is silence. Jesus used to leave his disciples and move to a mountain, where he went into silence and prayer. Truth has descended only when someone has become silent...”

“At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.”

“The things you used to own, now they own you.”

“I'm saying when young men get to the NCAA Tournament, let's find a way to get their parents and their brothers and sisters a plane ticket and a hotel room. I don't think that's asking too mu...”

“I began seeing certain things happen in my life and other people's lives and getting inspired by it and writing about it. And that's where you get 'Happy Birthday' from and 'Ross Capicchioni...”

“Parenting was difficult in a world of easy access”

“So I just came out here to Los Angeles with a bunch of buddies I had gone to film school with. You know, for better or worse, we just tried to slug it out here.”

“Online advertising is increasingly only a fraction of what is being lost from print advertising, and it is under constant pressure.”

“The character of the monkey just grew from something out of his face and my granddad's personality. They fused, and that's what I ended up with! The monkey belonged to a friend of mine, and...”

“I enjoy production more than acting, as one is involved in many aspects of film-making.”

“I prefer doing TV, where it can be different every time.”

“Blake & Murphy and I used to be best friends. They helped me discover who I am. They taught me that Bliss was good, but bad is better. Because of the boys, I was able to really express who I...”

“If I catch Corey Graves on the street, I'm gonna do something to him. I ain't gonna do it at the office or the airport, but if I catch Corey Graves on the street, you see that little bouffan...”

“Many of Reagan's listeners thought he was dreaming. But Reagan had faith in freedom. He knew that communism, although militarily powerful, was ideologically dead. He knew what our Founders k...”

“The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was.”

“If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.”

“When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what a person experiences - the first person - with what the...”

“I don't really want to be known as just the puppet girl or just a singing ventriloquist. I want to be known as the performer, singer, ventriloquist, actress, Broadway star, all of it. I want...”

“I love the physical thing of being on the earth that bore you. I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right.”

“I can't stand the idea of a veteran risking her or his life for this country, suffering the wounds of battle, and then being kicked to the curb as a result of those wounds. But that is exact...”

“I believe in my ability and my mental toughness.”

“Interestingly, many Indian companies where there's a father-and-son combination are being run as joint CEO organizations because the father has not given up running the company and the son i...”

“Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that.”

“I think if I met Frank Auerbach or Jeff Koons, I'd be more wobbly than if I met Robert De Niro!”

“Every time I come to India - where I have grown up - if I spent 20 years in this country, I will never be able to uncover all of the hidden jewels.”

“My favorite song used to be 'The Nasty Song' by this dude named Lil Ru. That was my jam!”

“Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.”