Every accepted public quote

“I think you could split my fans up just like any other guy's fans. Some of them are cool, and some of them are obnoxious. But it's the variety that makes it great.”

“If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.”

“I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot of people take themselves far too seriously; I find that a v...”

“The humblest person in this world is the astrophysicist. Because we are face to face with our ignorance every single day.”

“The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which in 1996 set out to ban nuclear tests, is an important step, but we need to do more - and we can.”

“After 'Pitch Perfect,' I only want to be in sequels. No. 2 of whatever.”

“When I got to Activision, it was like a carnival. They had a recycling container filled with cans and a sign over it that said 'Activision Takeover Defense Fund.' Activision was making games...”

“You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”

“This one thing I do ... I press toward the mark.”

“As a Liverpool fan, I'm an eternal optimist because of what we did in Istanbul in 2005.”

“If you're going to force me out, someone else will find their way in. That is key.”

“If the nineteenth century was the age of the editorial chair, ours is the century of the psychiatrist's couch.”

“I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better.”

“When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.”

“I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.”

“It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House...”

“It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.”

“I like to be active in space in behind the opposition's midfield. That's where I can hurt the opponent most of all.”

“A lot of disgruntled Democrats that don't like Obama - old-line Democrats, some of them even conservative - will never vote for a Republican ticket, but they will vote for me as an independe...”

“Your neighbors will be envious of your 3D printer - and if they're not, just print new neighbors. Design them so they'll like to bring you pies, maybe, or want to do your yard work for you.”

“Even the closest relationships that I have I know could potentially fall away. That's not to speak pessimistically or negatively about those relationships. In a weird way, it's the opposite....”

“I remember when I was prosecutor we had truancy and curfew issues and we made a refrigerator magnet, and that was hot with parents. They loved putting it up on the wall and saying, you know,...”

“The Word says God put ever star in the heavens and even give ever one of em a name. If one of em was gon' fall out the sky, that was up to Him, too. Maybe we can't see where it's gon' wind u...”

“Ignorant people are apt to overrate the value of what is called education. The sons of the poor, having suffered the privations of poverty, think of wealth as the mother of joy.”

“I would say that Lucy, 'I Love Lucy,' she was my idol.”

“Women are special people, they gave birth to us and never stopped there until they see us becoming better people in the society.”

“I loved playing Go Go, because the character's so extreme. And she's pretty close to my real character. Especially the fact that she liked her sword with a lot of accessories.”

“No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters.”

“You have the ability to choose your reactions.”

“One cannot rule out a blizzard in Minnesota after Labor Day, and so when I travel for Thanksgiving or any time in the fall, I am careful to fly into Des Moines instead of Minneapolis and the...”

“To get the PFA Player of the Year is a fantastic honour. It's the highest honour you can get because it's voted by your fellow peers.”

“To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.”

“My break in Bollywood is definitely the high point of my life.”

“All knowledge is vain, except where there be work; and all work is empty, except where there be love.”

“Children's literature is one of my joys, and it's also my mental comfort food.”

“I feel like with the whole Internet era, people can be so judgmental and evil online.”

“What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar.”

“Sinn Fein is an Irish Republican party. We stood in the Assembly election to deliver a prosperous economy and jobs, to protect and enhance public services, support those most in need, and to...”

“I have an amazing team; I have amazing producers; I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it's me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing.”

“My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audi...”

“I don't get attached to anything. I'm like a good antique dealer. I'm prepared to sell my most valuable table.”

“Skill to do comes of doing.”

“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.”

“Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.”

“If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and i...”

“Mergers and acquisitions, we are always looking for that.”

“Culture, like science, is no protection against demons.”

“Irresponsibility is a sin with a high price tag.”