Every accepted public quote

“An unread author is an author who is a victim of the worst kind of censorship, indifference - a censorship more effective than the Ecclesiastical Index.”

“For me it's all just one big online world. Everyone has a favorite social network, and some people like YouTube more than Facebook or Twitter. But I make sure that when I post a new YouTube...”

“In cocoon mode you are tapping into deep Mariana Trench energy and the Universe is helping make your destiny a reality. Whenever you make a conscious and positive effort to improve yourself...”

“I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.”

“There can be no return to prosperity while the government (of Ontario) believes that taking money from the people who have earned it and giving it away to the people who haven't, in exchange...”

“With the national team, we have these fans, people love of us, people come up to us in our cities, and they're like, 'We love you - what are you doing in Seattle?' And I'm like, 'I live here...”

“Philly is more East Coast than Pittsburgh. It's closer to New Jersey and New York, so the vibe is way more fast-paced.”

“Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.”

“Just do me a favor. Don't call me 'former teen heartthrob,' okay? It's as if they were constantly discussing your second year of college. I'm not back there anymore. I'm living in the presen...”

“It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.”

“Reading to understand and writing to be understood.”

“Dr. King's Nobel Prize had a more powerful transforming effect on him than I think he realized at the time.”

“Some people want to kill goliath but they do not want to attend to sheep. How can God use you to kill giants if you cannot follow simple instructions?”

“Thus weary of the world, away she hies, And yokes her silver doves; by whose swift aid Their mistress mounted through the empty skies In her light chariot quickly is convey'd; Holding their...”

“Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.”

“The U.N. guards the vital principles entrenched in its charter, notably the sovereign equality of states and the inadmissibility of interference in their internal affairs. It is precisely be...”

“Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.”

“Strangely enough, the linking of computers has taken place democratically, even anarchically. Its rules and habits are emerging in the open light, rather shall behind the closed doors of sec...”

“There are many victories worse than a defeat.”

“Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.”

“Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education...”

“Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth.”

“The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.”

“I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if yo...”

“Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.”

“China's energy is very much focused on coal, and the economy is very focused on heavy industry, which is carbon intensive, so restructuring won't be easy.”

“Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!”

“Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the...”

“I'm one of the best all-around small forwards in the world.”

“Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe...”

“But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!”

“Even though it's hard to learn how to back your car out the driveway at first, once it becomes a habit, you can do it almost automatically and think about something else, like the meeting th...”

“Sometimes I call directors. Sometimes I just meet with them. It just happens. It's not that I'm pushy. It comes naturally. But I go ahead. I don't stay in my armchair, waiting for the phone...”

“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman b...”

“Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is.”

“I often wonder when I make a film - I'm thinking of making a film of the Buddha - and I often wonder: If Buddha had all the elements that are given to a director - if he had music, if he had...”

“Things change all the time, so why do people make such a philosophical to-do that things are constantly in transition?”

“'Community' is a comedy show, and one of the characters happens to be a Christian. I do think they have been very careful to make sure everyone is the butt of the joke for various reasons.”

“Try, reach, want, and you may fall. But even if you do, you might be okay anyway. If you don't try, you save nothing, because you might as well be dead.”

“Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.”

“When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.”

“In high school, I didn't date awesome dudes.”

“Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.”

“People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.”

“Forest Hills was a middle-class neighborhood filled with snobby rich people and their screaming brats.”

“I tried writing a song and it wasn't very good. I sung it to my mom and she told me it was bad - but I was eight, so it's okay.”

“I'm a private person.”

“Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”