Every accepted public quote

“I'm always walking around with headphones on, creating my own soundtracks to whatever the day is. I think I have a poppy sensibility.”

“If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard wo...”

“When I was growing up, I saw the Aaliyah shirts, the DMX shirts, or the collab shirts with DMX and Aaliyah when they had a single together. Those were the dope collage shirts with their face...”

“Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.”

“The llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat, with an indolent expression and an undulating throat like an unsuccessful literary man.”

“When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money.”

“Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though they are, but that they tend to hide from us why a critic is actually thinking what...”

“Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.”

“Technology has allowed me to reach my fans directly. Social media: it has been a complete revolution of how to interact, promote and share things.”

“I can be very emotional, so when it's the build-up to a game I enjoy that side of trying to help push the team and get them fired up.”

“New Year's resolutions often fail because toxic emotions and experiences from our past can sabotage us or keep us stuck with the same old thoughts, patterns and regrets.”

“Matthew Lowe is one of the great water men that I know. He's a surfer, a great water polo player. I think he's half fish.”

“Learn from your past, use the possibilities of the present moment, and let the future open the doors of opportunity.”

“I think, as women, we have to stop being scared to be the women we want to be and we have to raise our daughters to be the women they want to be - not the women we think they should be.”

“I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way...”

“I think being negative is being positive. You can't improve without stating the problem.”

“If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.”

“We're a young, married couple, and we go through all the ups and downs that every couple goes through; we're no different.”

“Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.”

“Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a marine biologist. As you go through the grind and the distraction of a career, it's easy to lose sight of your dreams.”

“Ice Cube went straight outta Compton to hearing, 'Are we there yet?' Eddie Murphy blew up striding across the stage in a red leather ensemble that would have made Elvis Presley chuckle, yet...”

“Jocks usually aren't smart. Their muscles feast on their brains.”

“What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning fro...”

“I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson.”

“It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it.”

“When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction.”

“No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.”

“The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.”

“How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling.”

“I've had the honor and privilege of knowing Jeff for over 25 years. He's been a dear friend and a mentor, and there is no finer person in public service than Jeff Sessions. He's conducted hi...”

“I think at the heart of so much restlessness of the day is a spiritual vacuum. There is a yearning for meaningful lives, a yearning for values we can commonly embrace. I hear an almost inaud...”

“It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and...”

“I have worked positively and successfully with Senator Sessions on issues like adoption and human trafficking.”

“It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear power-station to remind us that atomic energy is extraordinarily dangerous.”

“Every time I'm on the court, every time a fan cheers for me, I just want to go out and make a play for them to cheer even more.”

“In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate.”

“After the maxi yuan depreciation of 1994 and until 2005, exchange-rate fixity was the order of the day, with little movement in the CNY/USD rate.”

“Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.”

“I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.”

“I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.”

“My biggest inspiration is black America and what they've done in the arts. I have always felt like an outsider in America, and what black Americans have done to add their chapter to this boo...”

“I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.”

“Obama won the presidency by running the first integrated three-screen campaign - reaching people directly via Internet, cell phones, and TV - with an authentic, complex style that resonated...”

“Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.”

“I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.”

“It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.”

“I'm kind of a closet redneck.”

“Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music.”