Every accepted public quote

“On the Internet, people on the tails of the bell curve can find one another.”

“We've grown up on the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Blur and Bowie and the Clash. Also E.L.O. and Hall and Oates. Those are all artists who write songs that are accessible but still left of...”

“If you're running on fumes, you get to a point of diminishing results. Get some rest.”

“Even if there's no way to stop U.S. corporations from shedding their U.S. identities and becoming foreign corporations, there's no reason they should retain the privileges of U.S. citizenshi...”

“Anyone can call himself a promoter. Anyone can call himself a promoter and stage a fight. Unlike other professional sports, whose owners collude out of mutual interest in their sport's image...”

“It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.”

“We used to listen to Lionel Barrymore do 'A Christmas Carol' on the radio long ago, and I like Reginald Owen, who played Scrooge in the first treatment for the screen. But my favorite Scroog...”

“Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only...”

“Too much makeup on an older woman can really make you look like a freak.”

“People are following me because they want to see pictures of me. So why is Instagram editing them?”

“'Priced to sell' - just the phrase makes me smile. When a dealer says all the items in his booth are priced to sell, he means he's tagged them as aggressively as he can to get you to buy the...”

“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.”

“As a member of the Armed Service Committee and a co-chair of the Democratic National Security Task Force, I will continue to work to keep Americans safe at home and abroad.”

“The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'”

“The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and up instead of going back down to the ground.”

“When you are extravagant, you can result yourself facing alot of debt and not adjust to the pursuit of happiness.”

“For the record, our democracy is revered around the world. And free elections are the best way on Earth to choose our leaders. This is how we elected John F. Kennedy; Ronald Reagan; two Geor...”

“My mother came from India to go to the University of California, Berkeley.”

“Long experience, in the United States and in other advanced economies, has demonstrated that monetary policy is most successful when decisions are rendered independent of influence by electe...”

“I'll look through 'Us Weekly' and I'll see a picture of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston. And I'm like, 'Wow, they just... they look so good. Even if they're like just wearing jeans and a t-s...”

“I'm an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I'll go stand in the corner.”

“What an author likes to write most is his signature on the back of a cheque.”

“Time bows to authentic commitment, and it stretches to accommodate it.”

“Ampeg made incredible guitar heads in the early Nineties and then stopped. And I don't know why. The one we used had a nice clean, warm sound, and it blended well with the other amps that we...”

“The past is made out of facts... I guess the future is just hope.”

“If you look across the valley, you can see exactly what I mean: about four beautiful houses, and you think something is happening in each of them. It's like a mural.”

“Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income.”

“I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.”

“We will not rest until the wooden stake is punched through the heart of the Enron lawsuit against us.”

“God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.”

“Pilates has been around a long time but maybe was taboo in this sport. I think it's only a matter of time before you see a reformer in every big league clubhouse.”

“It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency.”

“I have been living in Montgomery so long that I call it home.”

“Economically, long-term joblessness means fewer dollars for consumption. For deficit control, it means fewer taxpayers contributing to government revenues and tens of billions more spent on...”

“I have always advised men to read.”

“I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.”

“If you're walking down the street and you smell a scent, it can take you right back to a memorable time in your life, whether it's a moment with an ex-girlfriend or a childhood event.”

“You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you...”

“I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong putting the pressure on.”

“The little serpent has left, and the great serpent has come.”

“Talent is only the starting point.”

“The people who make policy decisions should damned well know what they are talking about before they make the decisions. There is nobody who is an expert on cloning who would be afraid after...”

“It gives the listener a good workout, to listen to the music, the same as it does us to play it.”

“I tend not to spend a lot of time looking in the rearview mirror. If you say, 'Oh, I did 'Hill Street Blues' or 'L.A. Law' and everything I do has to measure up to some preconceived notion o...”

“I don't mind at all venturing off to do a television movie if it's gonna give me something new to mess around in my mind, to turn around in.”

“I'm happy; I'm a happy person.”

“Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.”

“I was tired. I peaked. I left when I was on top. One year, I did 280 concerts.”