Every accepted public quote

“I just want to win the world title; I don't want to be a guy that Vince McMahon looks at and says, 'Never. We can't.'”

“By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of power by those in authority.”

“Indeed, China may never acquire the geo-political influence and reach that Great Britain enjoyed in the 19th century and the United States of America did in the 20th, even though it may have...”

“I've never been an individual guy. I never cared about the accolades. I've always been driven by the competition and the learning process.”

“The fact that so many comics were waiting to jump on the bandwagon of hate toward me - what is it about me that engages this kind of behavior? I began to see it: My cockiness, my lack of han...”

“He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.”

“In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - wou...”

“When I look at a pie chart, I just go numb.”

“The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions-the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasu...”

“I was quite an insomniac. I rarely slept as a child. Having God to talk to at night was nice.”

“I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.”

“It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured.”

“More than 500 million years ago, vision became the primary driving force of evolution's 'big bang', the Cambrian Explosion, which resulted in explosive speciation of the animal kingdom. 500...”

“My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.”

“One of the biggest things I used to struggle with was about things like going on holiday. Whereas all your friends can talk about something and plan something all year long, I know that I'm...”

“The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.”

“My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an accountant, a lawyer, or an engineer; that will give you a solid foothold in the middle class.' But these jobs are now being sent over...”

“It is one of the most beautiful facts in this human existence of ours, that we remember the earliest and freshest part of it most vividly. Doubtless it was meant that our childhood should li...”

“Property is organized robbery.”

“The vibe in our locker room is real energetic and fun and real personable, I think from Day 1. That gets you through a lot of tough times, where in hard times, it might be common nature for...”

“I believe in Jesus Christ, and I believe He gave me the passion and determination to continue surfing. You fall off the horse, and you get back on. I had to go for it.”

“I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.”

“Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing.”

“The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing.”

“Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.”

“It's the great deception in modern culture: Bad things call for noble names to cloak their evil outcomes.”

“My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.”

“There is no sunrise. There are no sunsets. The sun does not expand. The sun does not move. The sun does not rise. Neither does it falls. The sun is always divinely anchored. As the earth spi...”

“Mozart's seeming frothiness is just a light touch with very profound material. That's what I've found working on 'The Magic Flute.'”

“Rosa Parks is rock and roll.”

“I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I insist on it, and I pay people who work for m...”

“Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.”

“We must understand the factors that cause fragility, violence, and conflict in order to develop solutions that will meaningfully reduce instability at its roots rather than merely addressing...”

“What's crucial in a High Street store is a compelling reason for people to shop there. Shops must offer excellent customer service - and 'theatre' is a must.”

“Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in.”

“Our human face happens to be one of the most powerful channels that we all use to communicate social and emotional states: everything from enjoyment, surprise, empathy, and curiosity.”

“As with the factory, so with the office: in an assembly line, the smaller the piece of work assigned to any single individual, the less skill it requires, and the less likely the possibility...”

“A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno system, which began here, was announced by Vita Nuova.”

“The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're trying to recapture”

“My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic.”

“There's fear in everything, but we can't just succumb to that. We have to suppress it, so we get used to suppressing fear to make it through the our day. Otherwise, we'd become paralyzed by...”

“I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can't really be felt, truly, by one.”

“People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community.”

“I'm quite ignorant about fashion and I'm colourblind, so it's all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campai...”

“We've been playing in the sandbox of creation for millions of years. We ruin one environment, we move on to the next - manifest destiny. Now it's hitting us collectively: Our mother's life i...”

“There is a profiteer when it comes to oil. 36 to 63 cents per gallon is swept off the top. And who profits from that? The government profits from it. And what does the government do with muc...”

“I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on...”

“Woody Allen - legally, ethically, personally - was absolutely a father in our family.”