Every accepted public quote

“All of the great music ever written is based upon the Mass. I mean, it's pretty extraordinary stuff, and I think it's done the world some good. And if you take a look at some of the mosques...”

“I was probably 21 or 22 years old when I realized the prose that I live by, which is, 'You get what you give.' The more good deeds that you could do in your life, the more fulfilling and enr...”

“I think it's good news that cable television is so, so supportive of the Louis C.K.s, the Lena Dunhams, the Matthew Weiners, and the Vince Gilligans. There's just so many people fearlessly m...”

“Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some people get new jobs that pay better, many lose...”

“The man who invented slow-motion movies got his idea while watching a Scotsman reach for a check in a restaurant.”

“Human beings are the only ones in nature who are aware that they will die. For that reason and only for that reason, I have a profound respect for the human race, and I believe that its futu...”

“A friend of mine from New York asked me what I want to do, and I responded with, 'I want to make movies.' He responded with, 'Guess what? They're not making movies on Martha's Vineyard.' Lit...”

“After I graduated from school, I enrolled in the military college, a cadet school. This is the first stage of military training; it instills discipline and various qualities required for mil...”

“I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy.”

“I would lay down everything I possess, even my soul, for you. If that isn't love, it's the best I have.”

“From the outside looking in, I would say the franchise that has had the most stories that are unrelated to basketball are the Knicks.”

“There's nothing more confirming in your life than looking in front of you and seeing some really amazing people who you care a lot about who care a lot about you.”

“Australians aren't really that crazy; in L.A. you get a little crazier. From my experience at least, Aussies don't really care that much about celebrities or things like that.”

“The real independence for any nation is when its women no longer need men to empower them.”

“When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're tr...”

“I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.”

“My first movie that came out - 'Shopping,' a British movie starring Jude Law and Sadie Frost - there were certain journalists in the U.K. who just eviscerated that movie.”

“My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.”

“My mood depends on how I treat my toothbrushes. Being a skipper is a strenuous job, and when you are going through a rough phase, obviously you start taking out your frustration. You can't t...”

“Although many of us consider ourselves forward-thinkers, we still cling tenaciously to the old values of the monetary system. We accept, without sufficient consideration, a system that breed...”

“Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.”

“Meaningful health reform needs to provide incentives for physicians and other health professionals to teach their patients healthy ways of living rather than reimbursing primarily drugs and...”

“We will not lift a single finger or spend a single cent to be a cog in the Trump deportation machine, and we won't be complicit in his effort to make American great again by reengineering th...”

“I've never come into anything successful before. I've always been hired by horrible radio stations with horrendous reputations and nothing to lose.”

“I'm picky about skin care because I hate perfumes or anything that says 'It will take away all the lines on your face.' I don't want to do that. But I do use Kiehl's and this skin cream call...”

“I was deeply infected with storytelling from the get go, and I truly love it.”

“All I can say is I am sensitive to discrimination on any basis because I have experienced that upset.”

“One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. Yo...”

“I spent, as you know, a year and a half in a clergyman's family and heard almost every Tuesday the very best, most earnest and most impressive preacher it has ever been my fortune to meet wi...”

“Repetition for no reason is a sign of carelessness or pretentiousness, but there are plenty of good reasons to repeat words and phrases.”

“I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.”

“When I first came to Australia, one thing that struck me was how everything closed early. Singapore is very much a 24/7 place. You can get good food any time of the day - in the middle of th...”

“It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.”

“I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.”

“J. Tillman was kind of an alter ego. There was a lot I didn't want people to know about my real life. With Father John Misty, I leave everything in: so much so that I lose sleep before these...”

“I was always inclined towards spiritualism but was afraid that I would become a sanyasin if I pursued it actively.”

“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.”

“When I was a boy, I'd hide under the kitchen table and wind string around the chairs. I have a sense now that I am pulling on those threads. The more I pull, the more it comes unraveled.”

“It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.”

“I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musi...”

“I've never been a morning person, ever. I hate the morning. I have more energy at night.”

“Stalin had 15 scenic seaside villas, some of them czarist palaces, on the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia. In 2002, I visited and photographed these extraordinarily well-preserved Stalinist time...”

“You could never plan your life in a million years.”

“I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.”

“My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'”

“The word 'Christianity' is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.”

“I've spent a good deal of time in the Middle East over the years, lecturing at universities in places like Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and Morocco.”

“I didn't want 'Mudbound' to feel stylized in any way.”