Every accepted public quote

“Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.”

“This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles.”

“Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish.”

“We all can relate to people's weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves...”

“I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics.”

“I think that some of the archetypes and works of science fiction that have pierced pop culture and stayed there are the darker ones and the dystopias.”

“There is no such thing as a 'free' government benefit. Ask small-business owners who are footing skyrocketing bills for bottomless jobless benefits.”

“'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions...”

“Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.”

“I think I have a great deal of self-hatred, a profound feeling of fraudulence, of being detestable and evil. It's only a part of me, but it's there, and it's active.”

“I often want things to make definite statements. If I order onions sliced thinly on my hamburger, I don't want them to come out sort of medium. But that doesn't mean it's a reasonable desire...”

“All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.”

“I'm so proud to do it - there's nothing else I do that compares to 'Children in Need.'”

“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”

“I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.”

“Our party may have swung too far right at various times.”

“After thirty years of being 'the camel lady,' believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight.”

“Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible-it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any materia...”

“Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.”

“I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention.”

“I just like tattoos.”

“Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.”

“Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.”

“We are, each one of us, not just defined by the arrangement of protein molecules in our cells, but also by the things we call our own.”

“One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.”

“For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.”

“All sorrows are bearable, if there is bread.”

“My experience of American politics is that people raise issues, and they get addressed in an effective but imperfect way. But that's sort of the American system: Mind the problem and worry i...”

“I tell people that the history of Mozilla and Firefox is so one of a kind that it should not be used - ever - as an example of what's possible.”

“WWE had years to develop and train their staff. WWE makes sure the production team got exactly what Vince McMahon was looking for and how he wanted it.”

“One of the advantages of science is that one's work, ultimately, is either replicated or it is not.”

“I got into college, and a gentleman gave me a ride in a plane, and he flipped it upside down so we're inverted flying, like it was nothing, and from that moment forward, I fell in love with...”

“I didn't have a manifesto. I had some discontent. It seemed to me that midcentury mainstream American science fiction had often been triumphalist and militaristic, a sort of folk propaganda...”

“When the person you love can't see your love for them beneath the painful things you say when they reject you, remember this: Love is blind.”

“I've often mused over the idea that madness is actually a sane reaction to an insane world.”

“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.”

“Some people spend their lives building ultimate dream homes so they can enjoy their twilight years... Others spend their last days in nursing homes.”

“I believe in Divine Connection. Some encounters are brief, but it can expand your perspective, and subsequently change the course of your life.”

“There's something so empowering about knowing I can pick up an axe and split a piece of wood.”

“My father is American and deserted the Vietnam War.”

“I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?”

“Books are for nothing but to inspire”

“I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.”

“I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.”

“I always felt that I had a mission in life. I thought I was born to play sports. Even now, I still feel that must have been my mission because I came through so many close calls where my lif...”

“I'm not trying to claim I'm a country singer, but I do love country music.”

“I was given a mask of myself by Frances Barber when we opened 'Julius Caesar.' I looked much younger and prettier. Wearing it was certainly cheaper than Botox.”

“I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.”