Every accepted public quote

“From the RBI side, the fake Indian currency note is an important issue that needed to be addressed. The other collateral benefits from this, in terms of greater accountability, better public...”

“I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.”

“Is that what depression is about-the sinking feeling that your connection to God is broken and you are left to float on your own in a liquid black space, like an astronaut who has been cut l...”

“Getting 1,000 yards in the NFL is an amazing accomplishment, and being the first rookie ever for the Giants to do that is even a bigger one. It's big because even though my name might go in...”

“The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa.”

“I am too sick to be out of bed, too crazy to sleep, and am surrounded by horrors.”

“Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.”

“I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television.”

“I still pinch myself that I have a second-hand Aston Martin DBS Volante, the convertible model of James Bond's car from 'Quantum of Solace' and 'Casino Royale.'”

“I share a very good rapport with Shah Rukh, so I was at ease working with him, and Imtiaz is a dream director for any actor.”

“The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac.”

“The human voice: It's the instrument we all play. It's the most powerful sound in the world, probably. It's the only one that can start a war or say 'I love you.' And yet many people have th...”

“We all need to be conscious of what news we take as gospel. And we need to maybe be a little bit sceptical about what we digest.”

“I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.”

“I've got a good record, but maybe, for whatever reason, it's not built up by people. I wouldn't say I'm hard done by. But it's true that I sometimes don't get the praise.”

“people will forget what you said, people will forget what you do, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“The thyroid cells take up iodine with particular avidity and are able to store it up in great quantities.”

“Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.”

“With CG, I can do more and be sillier. In 'Diary,' there's a scene where they hit a guy with acid, and the camera is never off him, and you see it gradually eat through his skull and get all...”

“The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was talking to God through his hairdryer, this would precipitate a n...”

“I wish that one of my children will be like the Australian guy from the Discovery Channel show. The crocodile hunter.”

“I can't even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.”

“Contentment and happiness didn't exist in my life for more than a few moments at a time, and they were really only illusionary. There was always something hidden. Lying in wait to spring up...”

“My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.”

“You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag.”

“Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.”

“No. In my eyes, she was most beautiful because at a time when she had every right to be terrified, she managed to show comfort to another person who needed it.”

“The president of the United States of North America, George W. Bush, the little gentleman of the North, the political cadaver that is visiting South America, that little gentleman is the pre...”

“Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.”

“Privilege is provisional. It can be denied, withheld, offered grudgingly, and summarily withdrawn.”

“You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching TV, only occasionally getting up to piss, and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble.”

“Prestige podcasts, like prestige television shows, tend to have an audience that believes itself literate, well-informed, and reasonable. Listening to podcasts, in this model, is a form of v...”

“In the mind of an ordinary, 1+1 = 2; but, in the mind of an extraordinary, 1+ 1 = 10.”

“I moved from Stockholm to London, and I didn't want to work with my parents or have them help me in any way, I think just to prove to myself that I have my own talent.”

“The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.”

“One must never assume that a character is sympathetic because of either the actor playing them or the fact that they're a lead. I think that's a recipe for failure, actually, because if they...”

“There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.”

“In the calculus of feelings, you never really know how one person's absence will affect you more than another's.”

“It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power, so that a man is happy so...”

“I was never ignorant, as far as being experienced in classrooms and learning about different subjects and actually soaking it up, so I checked into college for a little bit. I took classes a...”

“I do not lead the Hong Kong protests, because no one person leads the protests.”

“My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle.”

“I am not interested in being a Barbie doll and turning myself into a sausage for the next 20 years. I want to follow actresses like Helen Mirren and Judi Dench who have lines on their faces...”

“Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalize...”

“Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.”

“Do you have the same vision of where industry is going as the target of your acquisition? If visions differ, you might get together economically for a while, but then you are going to have p...”

“It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion. I don't think people have noticed that, but it's got all the sort of terms that religions use... Th...”

“I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.”