Every accepted public quote

“Many become brave when brought to bag.”

“The Almeida's artistic director, Rupert Goold, brought me Mike Bartlett's 'King Charles III' with the slightly apologetic warning that it was in blank verse, but, of course, that appealed to...”

“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to...”

“I was a smart kid. I went to private school in middle school and got kicked out.”

“First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued.”

“Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?”

“I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.”

“As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.”

“I do a very poor man's pedal steel on the Stratocaster.”

“When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist.”

“I used to take my mother to Yosemite. When I turned 14, I got my driver's license, and that's where she'd want to go, so I'd go take her there for two weeks.”

“The difficulty of life is in the choice.”

“Today, campaigning isn't an 'interruption' but a permanent condition. Indeed, if you are a successful campaigner, it's expected you'll be a successful president.”

“Parents and kids know they should pass up the fries for an apple and exchange the video game for a game of tag - but knowing and doing are certainly different things.”

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.”

“I need to be loved. I need to be nurtured. I also need peace and stability in my relationships. I can't be in volatile relationships.”

“Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.”

“People are always asking, 'Where does Michael Pennington end and Johnny Vegas begin,' and you're going, 'It's not like that: it's blurred right across.'”

“There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong.”

“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.”

“I'm a chameleon, so changeable. I see myself as a gadfly and a questioner.”

“We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes.”

“Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce t...”

“This thing is such a ripple, the way lives are affected by gentrification. On one hand, yes, you're cleaning up this area, you're making it more livable for people. But you're not saying any...”

“The moral was, in time of anarchy, tough leadership is the only solution - even though the collateral damage may be heartbreaking. Mrs. Thatcher's strident, take-no prisoners approach was in...”

“A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had been coming to New York City regularly and thought I'd catch...”

“I am a fan of marriage and a fan of being committed to the right person.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“For every step forward in electronic communications, we've taken two steps back in humanity. People know how to use a computer and answering machines but have forgotten how to connect with o...”

“Sushi is something very exclusive. It is not like a McDonald's, not like a hot dog, not like a French fry. It's very high-class cooking in Japan.”

“You have to be persistent.”

“Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.”

“It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.”

“There's nothing more thrilling than watching great actors say things that you wrote and bring them to life.”

“It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.”

“My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.”

“Seeking for salvation within covers with pages of printed letters”

“I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.”

“Unfortunately, President Obama's failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big government really hurt...”

“Some symbols let you express yourself infinitely in their force.”

“Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single mother struggle to feed the kids, you do not want to put your own blood t...”

“For me, watching Sergio Aguero week in week out helps my game massively, and I'm sure the other girls would say the same about various other players.”

“My big break occurred when I was six years old and met Scott Moir.”

“Clothes are a big part of a free society, I think, and what you wear is so indicative of the political climate you're living in.”

“What can be added to the happiness of man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?”

“It's easy to complain that pharmaceutical companies place profits over people and apparently care more about hair loss than TB. However, many in the pharmaceutical industry would be glad for...”

“Being in a Marvel film is the pinnacle of secrecy training.”

“For 'Jeremiah Johnson,' nobody wanted to make that film. I went to Sydney Pollack, and I said, 'Sydney, I live in the mountains, and I would like to make a film about a person that had to ex...”