Every accepted public quote

“Both should share the same concept of what a relationship means and the same energy to believe in a monogamous relationship.”

“What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. F...”

“I used to watch those rock videos where they would chainsaw the piano. And I thought, 'That's what I want to do.' I thought classical music was corny.”

“Marty was an extraordinary person. Of all the boys I had dated, he was the only one who really cared that I had a brain. And he was always - well, making me feel that I was better than I tho...”

“We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.”

“People always ask, 'Man, why don't you come out and enjoy it? Why don't you celebrate? Why don't you have any fun?' My fun is Sundays. Anybody can go to the club. You don't have to be good a...”

“Don't ever let someone else's lack of ambition or vision define you.”

“There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the p...”

“There are very few profound sayings in the world.”

“Everything I do is in a New York state of mind. I'm indebted to preserving the sound of the city.”

“I wanted to go to school for public relations, and I also wanted to minor in dance. And Hofstra had two really good programs for both of those, so that's why I ended up there.”

“All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.”

“I don't condone bad language.”

“If you're white and you're wrong, then you're wrong; if you're black and you're wrong, you're wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green - God make no rules about color; only society...”

“We drink one another's health and spoil our own.”

“The biggest waste of an opportunity is the opportunity to tell someone how much you love them.”

“Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.”

“When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is.”

“Most people stand in the same place until it becomes dangerous to stay there. Then they act. Exceptional people act today to write their story.”

“One might almost say that an apparition is human vision corrected by divine love. I do not see you as you really are, Joseph; I see you through my affection for you. The Miracles of the Chur...”

“I don't think I'm ever forgiven for anything, which is baffling because I'm not on TV that much.”

“I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.”

“One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little...”

“I seriously feel like the best days are ahead, and I like the idea of getting to do everything I did before but with more knowledge, experience, and street smarts. There's a certain love, ap...”

“I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around tha...”

“It would be great if you could cool the water and immobilise the molecules, though keeping the structure, because when it's frozen, when it's immobilised, you can have it in the electron mic...”

“Fast learners win.”

“We've seen the uproars around the world concerning cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad. Anyone who does not think comic strips are relevant never had a fatwa put on him/her for drawing a...”

“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.”

“The medium is the message.”

“It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.”

“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.”

“I used to make everything myself. I used to do my own hair, make my own costumes, write my own jokes, and write my own songs. There were definitely some days where I had to choose between ha...”

“Jedi act with confidence, move with confidence, and breathe with confidence. Jedi possess a confident calmness in their looks, attitude and behaviour.”

“I'm all for whatever transitions the book properly to a movie.”

“Threats that could wipe out the bulk of life on earth abound. Planetary catastrophe could come in the form of a killer asteroid impact, the eruption of massive supervolcanoes, a nearby gamma...”

“Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.”

“Long before Wesley Snipes decided he didn't need to pay the IRS, Willie Nelson was dodging the tax men.”

“I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody assumed that there must be something going on inside, because there sure...”

“An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed.”

“Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale.”

“I grew up poor in San Pedro, California, sleeping on the floor of shady motels with my five siblings and not always sure when or where I'd get my next meal.”

“I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.”

“No matter how hard you try to fit the pieces together, sometimes it's beyond your control, so sit back and trust in his plans.”

“...there will be sleeping enough in the grave....”

“When it comes to making the right moves at the right time, your dance partner is life itself or what can be referred to as your destiny. The more you pay attention and practice intuitive dec...”

“I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.”

“Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonst...”