Every accepted public quote

“People probably growing up said U.S. Open wouldn't suit me, because I'm a long hitter, I'm a bomber.”

“Like all food, whether you're talking about Persian food, or Chinese food, or Swedish food, it's always a reflection of wars, trading, a bunch of good and a bunch of bad. But what's left is...”

“Vladimir Putin is leading a dying country. Vladimir Putin's regime exports three things: petroleum products - coal, natural gas, and hydrocarbon energy in the form of petroleum. Number two,...”

“You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.”

“It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our gov...”

“But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite...”

“The trouble with denial is that when the truth comes, you aren't ready.”

“Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?”

“If you mention any ideological thing about shooting 'Last Tango in Paris,' I was thinking I was doing a political film.”

“I have an airplane hangar with 17 cars in it. That's no joke. I have a 'half pipe' in there, too - you know, like a big ramp, where I skateboard. It's awesome. It's the ultimate fantasy.”

“The truth can not be drowned by any flood of false indictments.”

“I'm not sure a pretty and stupid man might be the key to a happy relationship.”

“Most people have the opportunity of a lifetime flash right in front of them, and they fail to see it. A year later, they find out about it, after everyone else got rich.”

“Mascara can definitely be one of the hardest parts of the beauty routine. Nothing is worse than when you are applying your mascara, and you've worked an hour on the most flawless blended eye...”

“With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock.”

“Perhaps our dreams are there to be broken, and our plans are there to crumble, and our tomorrows are there to dissolve into todays, and perhaps all of this is all a giant invitation to wake...”

“I'd like to write a series that, in an adventurous and fun way, teaches kids a way to discern between good and evil, to establish a foundation on moral absolutes.”

“But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crud...”

“Every time I think I'm missing a piece of me, you give it back.”

“Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?”

“Some cultural phenomena bear a striking resemblance to the cells of cell biology, actively preserving themselves in their social environments, finding the nutrients they need and fending off...”

“What basically happens is that when a company becomes great, and I'm being a bit rude here, people think they're some kind of genius. So now we can move into all sorts of other businesses be...”

“The FBI is engaged in a myriad of efforts to combat cyber threats, from efforts focused on threat identification and sharing inside and outside of government, to our internal emphasis on dev...”

“When it imposes expensive regulatory mandates on the private sector, Congress often acts on the basis of interest-group pressures, anecdotes, and the emotions of the moment. The executive br...”

“My father was into fame and leaving his mark. He was a city planner, sort of a genius in that world, the Robert Moses of Philadelphia. He was on the cover of 'Time' once, and I remember goin...”

“No one chooses to raise children alone.”

“The more excited the rooster gets, the higher his voice goes. He's got a little bit of a Barney Fife quality to him.”

“The first coat I ever bought is in a plastic bag in about five pieces. It's by Sonia Rykiel. I can't wear it anymore, but I still like it.”

“I have made cassoulet more times than is advisable - first in culinary school, once with a friend for a dinner party, and at least half a dozen times in the BA Test Kitchen.”

“We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives.”

“I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.”

“We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not c...”

“If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.”

“Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn't mean I have to take it. I don't give a damn how friendly he is. It's what he does that matters.”

“I follow my inspiration to wherever it goes. I do want the fans to feel the fun and excitement about it, and I like for people to be able to make their own interpretations about my work.”

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”

“Honey, nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith in the rest.”

“I'm so compulsive about stuff, I know if I had ever gotten pregnant, of course, that would have been my whole focus. But I didn't choose to have children because I'm focused on my career. An...”

“Some billionaires like cars, yachts and private jets. Others like newspapers.”

“The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consc...”

“Our government strives to create an independent and impartial judiciary that applies the law without bias or favoritism. And we are incorporating into our security forces all Iraqis who have...”

“My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.”

“There are no more liberals They've all been mugged.”

“Liberals sit from this lofty perch of pomposity, but they are the champions of ignorance. They don't know what they're talking about.”

“If someone said, 'You can go live in this little town in Costa Rica for a couple of weeks and all you've got to do is sing for us,' I would do that. That's more exciting to me than the prosp...”

“Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.”

“The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155)”

“Flowers are words Which even a babe may understand.”