Every accepted public quote

“We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.”

“But deep this truth impress'd my mind: Thro' all His works abroad, The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.”

“My work is entertainment, and I look at what entertains people, whether it's a selfie video or a music video.”

“Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.”

“I've introduced eight bills to fight for support for our small businesses and ensure we get funding to rebuild public housing - among other things.”

“WORLD PEACE 1.May the earth be peaceful, May the atmosphere be peaceful, May the medicinal herbs be peaceful May all shining objects be peaceful, May all the enlightened persons be peaceful...”

“Dad was an outstanding leader. He'd bring in top thinkers from a wide array of fields - how to fix the Detroit schools, for example. I watched him in these meetings. He listened and probed.”

“American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.”

“Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.”

“The key thing when you short is to make sure you're not wrong on the fundamental intrinsic value.”

“Generally, magicians don't know what to say, so they say stupid and redundant crap like, 'Here I am holding a red ball.'”

“I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a ce...”

“The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms,...”

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”

“Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.”

“My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.”

“It's maddening in my travels to watch children dying simply because they were born in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

“[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account.”

“There is no way to expect one ambassador to cover all of the U.S. government's priority issues, and certainly there are a plethora of U.N. meetings that drag on with an unlimited number of s...”

“I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't...”

“There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.”

“Violence in Darfur is cataclysmic.”

“I do keep getting these bad girl roles. The funny thing is that, honestly, I don't think I'm believable as these aristocratic mean girls. But I do love playing them.”

“I believe in the possibility of happiness, if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions, including optimism.”

“Wow”

“I don't know if this is because I'm a bit too old, but it is true that I'm getting insensible about romance recently. I'm very used to being alone now, and I don't think that's not half bad.”

“Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.”

“I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for...”

“I dreamt of being an astronomer; I had a series of 'How and Why' books on the planets and the stars. At that stage, there were only 14 galaxies; now there are multiverses, dark matter, the n...”

“The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.”

“Sometimes you have to stutter step; sometimes you have to spin inside. You have to run some games.”

“I'm a conspiracy theorist. I can't help but look at the lunar landing and go, 'We didn't go to the moon.' We never went there. My dad worked for NASA on the Apollo missions, and I've always...”

“Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.”

“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?”

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

“I'm a big hiker, and I like boxing. I mean, I love a good burger, but I keep things in moderation.”

“I always tried to be the perfect little girl. Always tried to have the perfect little manners. Never wanted to displease my parents.”

“I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting.”

“When you're making this kind of music, you don't need a producer. If you're making pop albums or trying to write hit singles, then yeah, but if you're writing 20-minute prog epics, as long a...”

“A pastor has to be media-savvy if he's going to reach everybody. I don't mean to be ugly and harsh, but to be forthright and candid. And the result is that people that don't like you start l...”

“There are seven things you can never get back. 1. Words after they have been spoken. 2. A stone after it has been thrown. 3. A moment or occasion after it has passed. 4. A person after they...”

“When more Chinese started coming after the Gold Rush, employed on large projects like the Pacific Railroad, anti-Chinese sentiment became shrill.”

“You can't afford to get sick, and you can't depend on the present health care system to keep you well. It's up to you to protect and maintain your body's innate capacity for health and heali...”

“I want people to be open to the idea of sitting down and reading a Dickens book. They will also have a great time.”

“People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone.”

“The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.”

“I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.”

“I believe, in life, you always get a second chance.”