Every accepted public quote

“I've had this underlying need to go to a place and meet people who are on the other end of the portion of my tax money that goes to fund the U.S. and other militaries.”

“I've watched 'Oprah Winfrey.' And I'm proud. I don't care what anybody says! I don't know whether I've watched it. I've been in the room while it's been on.”

“I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel.”

“Better the comfort of a lie than the absurdity of the truth.”

“Trees are your best antiques.”

“New England is a finished place. Its destiny is that of Florence or Venice, not Milan, while the American empire careens onward toward its predicted end ... it is the first American section...”

“Two European nations emerged with credit from the Iraq disaster: France and Germany. Both had the courage to withstand the Bush administration and oppose the U.S.-led invasion.”

“I get a lot of Tweets from fans of 'The Great British Bake Off' asking me questions about different recipes or baking techniques, and I do enjoying getting back to people whenever I can. But...”

“I was doing all these hand exercises, trying to move things like other kids, catch things like other kids, and change my reflexes, and I guess I just didn't stop. That's why if somebody says...”

“Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature e...”

“It's not much fun always being the best and fastest. A little competition keeps you on your toes, makes you try harder, live larger.”

“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have.”

“More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago.”

“I don't know how to depict intelligence.”

“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.”

“Any American who joins al Qaeda will know full well that they have joined an organization that is at war with the United States. Any American who did that should know well that they in fact...”

“Comedy Central was a great network, but 'Chappelle's Show' took it to a completely different level. Other shows got bigger because so many viewers were watching the 'Chappelle' reruns. For B...”

“You do get some weirdos, but if there are any nice people out there who want to write to me pleasantly, then they'll get a pleasant reply back!”

“Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.”

“I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.”

“I was born not to die but to live and never born.”

“Your paths will never align if you do not have the ability to adapt.”

“Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?”

“Ideas have unhinged the gates of empires.”

“Reformation names the disunity in which we currently stand. We who remain in the Protestant tradition want to say that Reformation was a success.”

“Mother earth cried so much that she has pool of tears more than the land of happiness.”

“In the Negro Leagues, we'd play three games a day on the weekends. Then we'd ride the bus and travel to play the next day someplace else. You'd hang your shirt out the bus window to dry.”

“I sport a cave-man mentality.”

“Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering.”

“I was a music fan first way before I started creating it, so I still get giddy when I get to be around people that I respect so much.”

“You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a deci...”

“I don't go into my dentist and say, 'Are you gay?' I don't say to contestants on 'So You Think You Can Dance,' 'Are you gay?' What does it got to do with me? What does it got to do with anyb...”

“I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.”

“If you can believe it, I had no intentions of being a wrestler.”

“I spent 20 years doing research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed to me that they tapped into a fundamental distinction in lan...”

“While the Bible teaches that immortality of the soul is conditional upon well-doing, it makes no distinction in respect of the spirit.”

“I tweet, Facebook, website, but guess what? Do I look at any response? Have I ever looked at a response? I wouldn't know how to get in.”

“I was always taught, even as a kid, playing against grown men, you get better.”

“I'm not a very patient person. I'll take those quick risks to see if it's going to work versus taking the long and tortuous road of trying to guarantee myself that something will work. That'...”

“Songs are just like your kids. You love them all, and they're all different. I can't really pick out favourites.”

“Regulatory creep usually starts with calls for 'regulatory parity.' The mantra will be, if you are going to impose certain regulations, then it is only fair to stick it to all market partici...”

“I will never shave off my beard and moustache. I did once, for charity, but my wife said, 'Good grief, how awful, you look like an American car with all the chrome removed.'”

“Be honest with yourself and the way you act when you hear music. That way, when people watch, they'll see something from your heart and soul, and as a result will communicate your feeling an...”

“Lose everything, but not soul. Gain anything, but first soul.”

“The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.”

“For the two hours I climb on stage, I become the schoolboy. But as soon as it is over, I get off stage and go home and get told to wipe my feet before I come in.”

“It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.”

“I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times.”