Every accepted public quote

“There's so many inspiring women dominating the charts, so I feel like I'm definitely a part of a wave that's just really interesting and really cool.”

“People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.”

“With a lot of hair and make-up then I'm possibly, remotely attractive. But it's rare, I don't think I'm ugly but I'm nothing particularly special. I'm not a yoga and health girl. I don't exe...”

“In a democratic country, when a man is accused, he's accused from a document issued by the public attorney.”

“There's no such thing as a 'maths brain.' Anyone can be numerate; it's just a matter of confidence. There are so many opportunities to improve your skills during everyday life, doing even a...”

“There is a huge reservoir of support for abortion rights from ordinary women. I hear all the time from women who had abortions and say it made possible the good life they went on to have. So...”

“Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?”

“I think stardom means a big responsibility that one has to shoulder.”

“Secondly, the Government of Sudan should commit to the disarmament and control of the Janjaweed militia and ensure that the targeting of civilians ceases immediately.”

“What you get at the BMI Workshop is the rarest commodity in New York City: Friendly criticism; people who genuinely root for you; and a chance to rewrite your work, try it again, and hone yo...”

“For too long, we've attached some mythic notion to government solutions, and yet, 40 years after we began the War on Poverty, poverty still abounds.”

“We're always ready for a pick-up game. I walk through the park on the way home every day and just think to myself, 'I'll take on any of these kids.'”

“Saying we should scrap drones shows an irresponsible and nonsensical ignorance of the way we protect our country. It lets down our servicemen and servicewomen fighting terrorists who want to...”

“I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids.”

“Be very nervous of the shaky hands.”

“I keep working hard day in and day out. When I get a chance to play, I try to produce the best I can.”

“What the media misses is the amount of anger that's out there. Trump didn't create that.”

“The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination.”

“There's clearly a lot of Ludditism, and you see it in all the hysteria about every scientific story.”

“Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day.”

“One of the reasons that Thatcher promoted home ownership is that it promoted responsible citizens with a stake in society. But another reason was that those people would tend to be Conservat...”

“I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a...”

“People want to go out and travel around and meet cool people. I could just go live in Vermont, but is that what I really want?”

“It's all right to hesitate if you then go ahead.”

“It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play...”

“Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead large-scale change.”

“I want to see my kids grow up in a world that I grew up in, which was it had imagination and it had hope. And all of a sudden, I see that being dissolved, and I see, as a country, as a peopl...”

“Music always gets bumped until I have some time to get around to it.”

“Where I think historians can help preserve and actually restore democracy is to remind us of how we got it.”

“Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.”

“If we were living in a better age they'd build a temple around a woman like that.”

“I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.”

“American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.”

“The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace...”

“People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask them what they cook, and they say, 'I don't really cook.' They're afraid, they're intimidated, they k...”

“I have a favorite blue Telecaster. It's an old '60-something, which I play at every show. That's probably my favorite all-around stage guitar.”

“My conclusion about Mr. Trump's unsuitability for office is based on his disregard for the precept of treating others with respect, an idea that should transcend politics. Instead, he opts t...”

“When I did these psychological characters like the drug addicts, the ones who were rejected and dejected, I started to feel a sort of melancholia which was very unnatural for me to have at a...”

“Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.”

“I once said, 'We will bury you,' and I got into trouble with it. Of course we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you.”

“I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.”

“Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him.”

“I think my mom put it best. She said, 'Little girls soften their daddy's hearts.'”

“Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.”

“The key to our oldest woodland is that it has been cut down and regrown, in some cases as often as 50 or 60 times. It is one of the most perfectly sustainable resources and ecosystems known...”

“Turn off the hate. Turn up the love.”

“Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already po...”

“Time is not just the hands of a clock. It isn't just a change of seasons either. It is a treasure trove of precious moments, infinite little joys and blessings, precious smiles, tears and he...”