Every accepted public quote

“I do not question the power of our weapons and the efficiency of our logistics; I cannot say these things delight me as they seem to delight some of our officials, but they are certainly imp...”

“I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then ther...”

“I want to resume the life of a shy person.”

“In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.”

“I don't mind a crowd's not laughing; it's the groans that slow down the show.”

“For much of history it was possible to believe that the great diversity of life on Earth was a fixed creation, that the living world had never changed. But when the first stirrings of indust...”

“I do not have any political commitments anymore. I'm politically a total agnostic; I'm one of the few writers in Italy who refuses to be identified with a specific political party.”

“I would have had to kill him, and Death, you know, keeps secrets better even than a guilty Roman.”

“Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their...”

“What makes a poem is the discipline inherent in making a poem: trying to fit feelings in the requisite number of syllables and lines, disciplining one's feelings.”

“The theme of the Labor Department's centennial is 'Then, Now, Next.' So in honoring Esther Peterson, we look not just to the past but to the future, acknowledging with honesty and a sense of...”

“When you have fast cars and bad luck, it's a lot easier to handle than having slow cars and bad luck.”

“Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.”

“I always wanted a great love affair: something that feels big and full, really honest, and enough. No moment should feel slight, false, or a little off. For me, it had to be everything.”

“After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health.”

“This country deserves a statesman who can represent the people with proper decorum, respect, and knowledge of what's happening in the world, and I don't believe that Donald Trump represents...”

“There's nothing wrong with being pretty.”

“Gilbert Hotel' is my first all-acoustic record.”

“I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.”

“What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.”

“I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10 because every increase of one magnitude represents a tenfold amplification of the ground motion. But ther...”

“I want my books sold on airport bookstalls.”

“'Portlandia' is the most fun show. When I get a breakdown of what the arc of the story is going to be, I could never in my wildest dreams anticipate the direction.”

“Early on, I started realizing the power of hip hop as a fan. I remember taping DJ Red Alert and DJ Marley Marl on the radio. I recorded their shows to hear my favorite artists and songs at t...”

“Hell was full of clocks, he was sure of it. There was no torment, after all, that could not be exacerbated by a contemplation of time passing. The large case clock at the end of the corridor...”

“But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.”

“For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going.”

“I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?”

“I've been slagged off completely by the art world.”

“With high fashion, it's a performance. You're trying to interpret a fantasy in a very physical way, and you really are playing a character. I've played men, dead people, famous people, histo...”

“We need more missionaries - more worthy missionaries.”

“With an extraordinary amount of federal employees authorized to use 100% official time on behalf of their union, the federal government loses the immensely valuable civil service for which h...”

“I've always been multi-cultural myself. I'm not black and I'm not white and I'm not pink and I'm not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.”

“I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers.”

“Each day provides its own gifts.”

“As the final weeks of my schooling draw to a close and exams loom, I find myself reflecting on the past six years of my secondary education only to realise that many questions are still unan...”

“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.”

“I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist.”

“If Uber wants to catch up to Google and be the leader in autonomy, we have to have the best minds. We have to have all the great minds.”

“To sing is to love and affirm, to fly and soar, to coast into the hearts of the people who listen, to tell them that life is to live, that love is there, that nothing is a promise, but that...”

“This story was a story of our time. And a writer's attempts not to fathom his time amount but to sounding his mind in it.”

“We are stripped of all that gave value and substance to our existence: power and love; in this naked final state, our last lover, our mate, death, comes. Bereft, without cover, we face the e...”

“Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.”

“Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent t...”

“If you're someone who doesn't have Muslim friends, and your only experience of Islam is what you see on the news - the angry man with a beard doing or saying something terrible - then you ma...”

“Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.”

“I don't like to go to premieres or openings. I don't like to have to put on makeup.”

“How can we think we are protected if terrorists can move around freely, if weapons can circulate freely?”