Every accepted public quote

“Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.”

“I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment. If I wake up tomorrow and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd d...”

“My main ambition as a historian is to figure out what's really happening in the world, instead of the fictions that humans have been creating for thousands of years in order to explain or co...”

“A fit body gives you confidence. And there's nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you'll have to remember the difference between being rude a...”

“There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.”

“There's nothing like Cameron Indoor Stadium where the kids are right on top of you and the Cameron Crazies are going nuts. Rupp Arena with the Big Blue Nation and the passion of their fans i...”

“In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I'd like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors wit...”

“The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.”

“In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society.”

“I love watching faces as they grow up. It's the difference between so many strong British actresses compared to what America does to women. I like a face that hasn't been tampered with.”

“For while directly we say that it [the length of human life] is ages long, we are reminded that it is briefer than the fall of a rose leaf to the ground.”

“Most Americans don't shout their politics, much less blast it from their TVs while serving you fried pickles - that's the Left.”

“The best book on programming for the layman is 'Alice in Wonderland'; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.”

“His clear conscience is a result of a poor memory.”

“I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.”

“If you're calling yourself a maverick and you're not Dirk Nowitzki, then you are probably not one. In fact, this rule applies to anyone declaring themselves a 'God-fearing Christian' or a 'M...”

“The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed.”

“I'd always maintained that much of the anarchy and craziness of the early Internet had a lot to do with the fact that governments just hadn't realised it was there.”

“I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us to think about them. They're very selfless and they want...”

“Fast is a royal feast.”

“I got caught up in the whole celebrity thing, lost control at times.”

“Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.”

“Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.”

“But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up...”

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”

“Ya know, right now the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all I thank God I'm alive today, and I mean that. I spent too many years of my life think...”

“A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and...”

“Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.”

“I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.”

“I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.”

“As we've learned on a logistical level, anything is possible in the 'This Is Us' world.”

“About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay...”

“There are two ways to approach the application process: trying to hit a home run by getting an immediate 'Yes, here's an offer' or trying not to be eliminated. I recommend the second approac...”

“Britishness is just a way of putting things together and a certain don't care attitude about clothes. You don't care, you just do it and it looks great.”

“If you go to Norway, Finland, Russia or Australia, you'll see Xerox or Fuji-Xerox people, not just the name on the door. We have human beings who live and work and serve customers everywhere...”

“Once you accept and understand yourself, you do things for the right reasons, not the wrong ones, rather than being fuelled by your insecurities.”

“My heart aches for America and its deceived people.”

“Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.”

“I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I'm a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares peop...”

“The Jug Band was exactly what I wanted to do, and it wasn't my idea.”

“I really don't feel that any of the pieces I wrote were confessions; there are no revelations about secrets in my life, and actually I have nothing to confess and I certainly do not ask for...”

“When you really deep down look at it, we go to bed every night, get up every morning, stay here for 70 or 80 years, and then we die.”

“Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.”

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”

“Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.”

“I use a lot of different words for God - infinite intelligence, primordial, perfection or universal creativity. All of these, to me, are God. And 'God' is a word, I think, that some people f...”

“Meeting with people is awesome in every sense of the word. It can inspire you with glee. It can inspire you with happiness. It can inspire you with sadness and melancholy, but also hope.”

“The team is in great shape, the coaching staff, the front office. Just things feel really good chemistry-wise across the board.”