Every accepted public quote

“In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence.”

“We are what we eat, and we are what we read.”

“I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want to be an interpretative kind of artist. I had an intuition about wanting to creat...”

“After twenty annual visits, I am still surprised each time I return to see this giant asparagus bed of alabaster and rose and green skyscrapers.”

“I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances ... street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.”

“Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.”

“In fact, there are many uses of the innumerable opportunities a modern life supplies for regarding - at a distance, through the medium of photography - other people's pain.”

“Like most markets, Da Jing is most alive just after dawn, when the elementary-school children in their uniforms and bright red kerchiefs set off through narrow streets, marking the start of...”

“No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it.”

“The economic basis on which Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish nationalists made the case for separation was based on an oil price much higher than it is at the moment, so there will be no cas...”

“My life may be a pretty crazy life at times, but it's a very privileged one - being able to earn a good living doing what you love. Not many people have such an opportunity.”

“Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.”

“The music industry is in such poor shape; it's in a really bad way, and a lot of people in the industry are very depressed.”

“... the powerful changes that happen in the life of a disciple never come from the disciple working hard at doing anything. They come from arriving at a place where Jesus is everything, and...”

“We are nobody (no-body)”

“Years and years of happiness only make us realize how lucky we are to have friends that have shared and made that happiness a reality.”

“You can observe a lot by watching.”

“I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.”

“The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.”

“I've been some through some things medically. I've seen some things on my brain. But I've had some treatment - and I've improved.”

“The truth is the Republican leadership has created a credit card Congress that is recklessly selling out the future of America, our children and our grandchildren, and President Bush is the...”

“We have to use cars much more efficiently. We have to look at alternative technologies of cars such as biofuels or, even more importantly, electric cars.”

“The good thing about being in San Francisco is it's a city that seems to have the flexibility and undefined boundaries.”

“It is important to me to take care of my skin. In general I don't like to wear foundation; I'm not a fan of the look. I like my skin fresh and natural enough so my freckles show through.”

“The latest revelation - from no Mount Sinai, Sermon on the Mount or Bo tree - is the outcry of mute things themselves that we must heed by curbing our powers over creation, lest we perish to...”

“Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.”

“A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.”

“There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.”

“I'm one of a generation brought up on television whose acting is more 'naturalistic', whereas with some of the older generation it's more heightened. But I think there's room for both styles...”

“The concept of Shwopping is so clever, I think. The idea is that every time someone goes shopping, they can take an unwanted item of clothing and pop it in the recycling bin in their M&S sto...”

“Philadelphia is a great market for local TV news. Both KYW and Channel 10 have had good runs. But Channel 6 doesn't give you a reason to turn the channel. I have such profound respect for Ji...”

“I'm very introspective, and I mostly don't talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place.”

“The reason the rainbow flag endures is because people own it. It means something to them.”

“Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.”

“I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That's still what I am doing. The end.”

“The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I...”

“I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry... how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really.”

“The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.”

“Trading demands total concentration and the ability to do several things at once while instantly recalling trading prices from the day, or week, before.”

“Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.”

“Crocodiles are an apex predator and crucial to the ecosystem, keeping waterways and wetlands healthy. Crocodiles eradicate the weak, sick, and injured wildlife, leaving only the healthy to p...”

“Try again; you have millions of alternatives. Fill yourself with the bullets of hope and you will kill failure with one shot.”

“Eating words has never given me indigestion.”

“Without enthusiasm, there is no energy.”

“It is a paradox of the acquisitive society in which we now live that although private morals are regulated by law, the entrepreneur is allowed considerable freedom to use - and abuse - the p...”

“Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations t...”

“Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?”

“I started cooking from watching my mom. My mother was a really, really great cook.”