Every accepted public quote

“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”

“Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.”

“We're always going to argue about abortion. It's a hard choice and it's controversial, and that's why I'm pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.”

“When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great.”

“But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as...”

“The film opens up the world beyond Katniss' point of view, allowing the audience access to the happenings of places like the Hunger Games control room and President Snow's rose garden, there...”

“I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.”

“Peace is always beautiful.”

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.”

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”

“A wise man hears one word and understands two.”

“I am a believer of butterfly effect. A small positive vibration can change the entire cosmos.”

“Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.”

“The easiest way to get touch with this universal power is through silent Prayer. Shut your eyes, shut your mouth, and open your heart. This is the golden rule of prayer. Prayer should be sou...”

“1. Cupid is a squint sniper 2. Imagination is diving into the bottomless depths of madness. 3. A person is not a person, but only another figure. Look at your prison number. These are not nu...”

“I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.”

“...remember one thing only: that it's you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.”

“If a girl starts out all casual with a guy and she doesn't tell him that she wants a relationship, it will never become a relationship. If you give the guy the impression that casual is okay...”

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”

“I must question, for if not, how can I evolve?”

“I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.”

“Be awesome! Be a book nut!”

“I like a challenge. I need to feel passionate about something. If I'm not passionate about it, I can't stand it. It has to feel real. DJ'ing, touring, charity work - anything.”

“Love is a fire. It can warm our heart and it can consume our lives. Some people envelope us with real love while others compel us to carry love extinguisher. The latter toughen us like steel...”

“When I hear people flatteringly say, 'You're an expert on East Asia...' I'm certainly an observer of East Asia, and central Asia, and ASEAN, and to a lesser extent South Asia and the Gulf, b...”

“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”

“I used to think if you fell from grace it was more likely than not the result of one stupendous error, or else an unfortunate accident. I hadn't learned that it can happen so gradually you d...”

“Confrontational forms of discussion never conclude without damage to both parties, especially if they are aggressive in nature.”

“Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.”

“and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.”

“You are braver and more courageous than you realize; but fail to act or speak out, for fear of displeasing others; the anguish one lives for not acting instinctively, hurts more than if you...”

“The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't work, because writers, in order to write good characters, need t...”

“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”

“The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.”

“And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. an...”

“Life is challenging but I'm always up for a challenge.”

“Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.”

“When a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.”

“I'm the girl nobody knows until she commits suicide. Then suddenly everyone had a class with her.”

“Of course there are certain things that get to me, but I try and lead by example and show people that, especially with haters, that you should just ignore them.”

“Music is my life. I love doing it, so I just do it nonstop all day. And with dancing, I wanted to put on a show for people. I don't want to just be sitting there doing nothing, so that's whe...”

“Most don't deserve your tears... and the ones that do will never make you cry.”

“In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie. [Dedication to Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan, in Cosmos]”

“We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life.”

“I just don't see why the past has to matter.”

“E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.' You don't have to se...”

“Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.”

“What doesn't kill you very often makes you weaker. What doesn't kill you can leave you limping for the rest of your days. What doesn't kill you can make you scared to leave your house, or ev...”