Every accepted public quote

“The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole l...”

“I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gotten offers to do the movies, but I won't sell myself short and be in somebody else's movie, like 'Boyz...”

“Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.”

“Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.”

“Without people like Dylan and the Beatles and people like Paul Simon, I think rock n' roll would have died out like Dixieland jazz.”

“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.”

“The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life.”

“It's incredibly important to be - once you do have a product - acutely observational about the trends.”

“I don't think I'm the right man to adapt a book.”

“I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to eat, you really need some sleep. A few days later, things become s...”

“There are people out there who are into traditional country music and for those people you have artists like Brad Paisley and Josh Turner and Alan Jackson. Then you have artists with a progr...”

“Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.”

“Paris is the most beautiful city in the world.”

“I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.”

“My golf is so delicate, so tenuously wired together with silent inward prayers, exhortations and unstable visualizations, that the sheer pressure of an additional pair of eyes crumbles the w...”

“Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.”

“The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a p...”

“If you're saying something that people don't want to hear or accept, a significant proportion of them will reply with hostility. Not because they know the facts, or because they have researc...”

“President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace.”

“Aaron McGruder is a straight-up G. I call him Champ.”

“I've heard all kinds of crazy rumors about myself. I've even heard that I'm pregnant! I've become real good about laughing things off - I figure I'd better get used to it.”

“Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society.”

“We've made great progress coordinating better as a government.”

“I believe in keeping things simple. I do not believe in overdoing anything. Whatever you are wearing should make you look comfortable and confident.”

“Eanna love us, Adaon preserve us, Morian guard our souls.”

“I'm making music that I love and I want to hear. At the same time, things like making money, making crazy money - you gotta find ways to reach to everybody but uplift everybody.”

“In Rome, I particularly love the history, churches, sculptures and architecture and the fact that you can walk along a tiny cobbled street and turn the corner to find the Trevi Fountain. Lon...”

“The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I w...”

“In life, there are no mistakes, only lessons.”

“Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.”

“When we die there are two things we can leave behind us: genes and memes.”

“I believe what makes cooking in Las Vegas different from cooking in most other cities are the guests that dine with you in Las Vegas.”

“Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.”

“It's always great to see young swimmers and their excitement and the joy that they have in the water.”

“The belief in death leads meditating about life; meanwhile, the belief in life leads you thinking about death.”

“The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management.”

“I am deeply convinced that perfection lies in excess of thoughts and excess of problems. These will devour me and break me down into indivisible particles. And in the belly of a monster wher...”

“If the NBA is worried about the NBA, if the NCAA is worried about the NCAA, if each individual institution is just worried about themselves, and the last thing we think about is these kids,...”

“I'm clearly doing what I want. I hope kids can see my act and feel like they can be slightly more comfortable in their own skin because I'm being so ridiculously comfortable in mine. I'm not...”

“I won't criticise anyone else's statements, and the public will make up their own minds. And if the public think that any side or any individual has strayed too far away from what's expected...”

“The story of my family. . .changes with the teller.”

“For the longest time, computers have been associated with work. Mainframes were for the Army, government agencies, and then large companies. Workstations were for engineers and software prog...”

“My childhood dream was to study mechanical engineering. After reading 'The Mysterious Island' - which I read 25 times as a boy - I thought that was the best thing a person could do. The engi...”

“I'm not a big family person. I'm more of a loner.”

“Our consciousness is the transient reflection of universal consciousness. We shape it and make it our own with our shifting and changing awareness.”

“There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.”

“A shepherd, in whom the spirit of God works, is more highly esteemed before God than the wisest and most potent in self-wit, without the divine dominion.”

“President Obama has made a minimum wage increase a focal point of his economic agenda.”