Every accepted public quote

“It has always been important to me to be a creative artist, not to be a star, not to be rich, not to be famous.”

“My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.”

“I didn't have cable television growing up; there were only six channels you could watch then. The only really good channel was channel 10, and they would play 'The Nanny Called Fran' every n...”

“Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I've got followers there who I've been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pel...”

“Every man has a wild beast within him.”

“The problem that we, as living organisms, face - and not we only, humans, but any living organism faces - is the management of life.”

“There was a sense that there was a lot of word of mouth happening with 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter,' even in hardcover.”

“There is a correlation between how foolish a man is and how tolerant he is of people who waste his time.”

“It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.”

“If you come on a band tense, you're going to play tense. If you come a little bit foolish, act just a little bit foolish, and let yourself go, better ideas will come.”

“The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers.”

“The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.”

“When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do.”

“I tried. Can't do it. Brain's empty.”

“A long, hot bath is a real treat. But from a 'green' point of view, that's probably what it should be: an occasional treat.”

“Obviously, making my debut at such a young age, people put a lot of pressure on you.”

“It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering.”

“Let me make it clear that the Youth Employment Opportunities Act of 1961 is not primarily concerned with delinquency prevention. Rather, it is designed to help all types of young men or wome...”

“There were lots of smart black people at Harvard before Barack Obama, but none of them ever got to head up the law review. There has been a history of discrimination.”

“Time is the longest distance between two places.”

“I think fans oftentimes get an inferior product on back-to-back games, and I think that has to be the number one thing that gets addressed for the fans and for the players - the elimination...”

“When we arrive at the studio, we put the kettle on, have a cup of tea, say, 'How's the family? You still got that old car? Is that dog still alive?' and then we start jamming. That's how the...”

“I want to be in a Tarantino movie, more than anything in the world.”

“The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.”

“Suppose you like someone very much. Then, by a familiar halo effect, you will also be prone to believe many good things about that person - you will be biased in their favor. Most of us like...”

“She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.”

“Coal is tied to steel jobs, trucking jobs, and manufacturing jobs.”

“Forty-two thousand people is an attractive target for people who want to hurt us. And a ballpark that's about 6 feet, at one point, from the street is as big a target as any we can imagine.”

“I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.”

“I'm a Libra. If someone compliments me, I'll say something nice to them. I like to give out compliments.”

“I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains - Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur...”

“I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.”

“With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.”

“Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.”

“We certainly hope that Secretary DeVos will work on behalf of every student and ensure equal access to a safe and quality education for LGBTQ young people.”

“I don't think any artist has really relied on music videos the way I do. It's almost like my radio.”

“A man can refrain from wanting what he has not, and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.”

“We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisit...”

“We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.”

“My mother was a midwife and a herbalist, so we would go on these long walks, looking for yarrow or rosehips or whatever she needed to make her tinctures.”

“Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.”

“I don't know too many parents that want to feed their kids soda, but high-fructose corn syrup is cheap. The price of soda in 20 years has gone down 40 percent while the price of whole foods,...”

“Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it woul...”

“Our retinas and brains have been wired by a hundred million years of evolution to find outlines in a visually complex landscape. This helps us to recognize prey and predators.”

“Everything that seems imperishable tends to extinguishment.”

“Gene Kelly has meant so much to me through the years. I used to dance in my living room in socks and a tee-shirt, no idea what I was doing, but wanting to dance like Gene.”

“I just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor.”

“I've been to too many Dead concerts. There've been smokin' holes where my memory used to be.”