Every accepted public quote

“My premise is that the popular aphorism that 'all religions are fundamentally the same and only superficially different' simply is not true. It is more correct to say that all religions are,...”

“They say Knowledge is to be Secret so to be Used for the Benefit of the Owner, Thus if become Public, the Value of it Decreases as it could be Learned. BUT that is not the case, what if Know...”

“If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.”

“One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing.”

“I think media has lost its way. We must recognize that the proprietors of these organizations have put on a form of censorship. Basically, they're more interested in celebrity, narcissism, r...”

“You booked him, and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God.”

“The way Everest is guided is very different from the way other mountains are guided, and it flies in the face of values I hold dear: self-reliance, taking responsibility for what you do, mak...”

“Politics is a messy business, but campaigning prepares you for governing. It prepares you to get hit, stand strong, and, if necessary, hit back.”

“The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.”

“Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting.”

“The government's job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.”

“I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.”

“I have always had good strength in my legs from working out with weights. I have also been riding a bike of some sort for most of my life and have good agility.”

“I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What a brilliant, painful book.”

“For me, there is no better tapa than a really good stuffed olive.”

“I did not grow up thinking that I wanted to be an engineer. I had read some articles about girls becoming increasingly scientifically illiterate and that girls lacked confidence in their cap...”

“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”

“I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God.”

“Diane Keaton is good for women in and of herself. She's smart and funny and real.”

“The beauty of the tea party movement is that it is independent and thus a true check and balance of the Republican and Democrat parties. It's not a pawn of the GOP, thus untouchable in criti...”

“Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came ou...”

“Spotify wants to make consuming music simpler and at the same time pay the rights owners.”

“I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal things rather that constantly being on tour. Because I'm young now and I haven't really got a soci...”

“Life is too short to not kick fear in the ass and allow yourself to love again.”

“I wore No. 25 in college, so naturally when I arrived in Orlando, I wanted that number, but Nick Anderson had it. I decided to go with No. 1 because of my name, Penny.”

“Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure”

“I hate Showtime, I can't stand those guys.”

“I think that's given inspiration to other musicians. I know, particularly through the 90s, a lot of bands would cite Rush as an influence. I don't think it was so much our music, but more th...”

“I'm winning even if I have zero pence in my bank account, because my mind's free.”

“I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead, 'A pretty move, for the love of God.' And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle, and I don't give a...”

“Money is the great equalizer.”

“You never knew the last time you were seeing someone. You didn't know when the last argument happened, or the last time you had sex, or the last time you looked into their eyes and thanked G...”

“I had developed a specifically calculated plan to break the system of white supremacy. My theory was that since Mississippi was the place, this was the ultimate: Mississippi was the place yo...”

“Summer on the high plateau can be delectable as honey; it can also be a roaring scourge. To those who love the place, both are good, since both are part of its essential nature. And it is to...”

“Being cold is not debilitating. We learned that from the Eskimos. They could be cold, and they could function. And you could function better when you're cold than when you're hot. I mean, ho...”

“I get giddy with the idea of stringing words together that make people laugh.”

“No one can tell you your artwork is worthless but you. And no one can tell you it has value but you.”

“I think that women are powerful and they're multifaceted and they're survivors; they don't have to depend on a man to do the things they needed them to do, whether it was hunting or lifting...”

“Gary Cohn doesn't care about the estate tax, I can guarantee you. I can guarantee you.”

“An injured lion still wants to roar.”

“Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.”

“They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing.”

“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?”

“The lower spreads mean lower costs for investors, because Nasdaq investors generally do not trade directly with one another. Instead, they usually buy and sell from market-makers, brokerage...”

“I try not to spend too much time interpreting my comics for people, because I try to put out there whatever I can, and people can draw whatever conclusions they want.”

“A man without regrets cannot be cured.”

“The art world has become so insular. The rules have become so autodidactic that, in a sense, they lose track of what people have any interest in thinking about, talking about, or even lookin...”

“I try to find creative ways to put ideas out to make the ground fertile for organizers.”