Every accepted public quote

“Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm auditioning for understand I'm an improviser and I like to do that, and if they like that or if they...”

“I get so many requests for interviews. If I talk to everyone, we can't do our job with our customers and work on our software. It would be hard to stay focused.”

“And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to...”

“I say let's not gamble with American jobs and America's future.”

“Sometimes those fears creep into the back of your head, but then you slap yourself and think, 'Oh, woe is me! People actually like me.' What a silly thing to worry about. This is a huge oppo...”

“The Biggest Truth and Dare in the world is you”

“Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.”

“It's often been said that politics in Islington, in many ways, begins and ends with housing, and it's not hard to see why. Despite the borough's image of exclusivity - the stereotype that it...”

“You've got something really angsty for me to play? Bring it on. Most of the time, I'm goofing around and doing impressions of people, so that's nice.”

“A Controlled Mind Can Create All That It Words...!”

“Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.”

“Ralph Fiennes and Edward Norton are among my favorite actors.”

“As you get older, time speeds up but life slows down.”

“I usually keep my personal style simple and streamlined. I like classic colors like black, white, and beige. White and black is my favorite color combination, and I like to finish up my look...”

“Women writers specifically... are the ultimate outsiders.”

“I do think there is a great deal of caricature around the House of Commons. It is just that kind of place.”

“In terms of personal choices, let's all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.”

“Most of the computer compromises that we hear about use a technique called spear phishing, which allows an attacker access to a key person's workstation. It's extremely difficult to defend a...”

“Most of us have learned to be dispassionate about evil, to look it in the face and find, as often as not, our own grinning reflections with which we do not argue, but good is another matter....”

“I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent teacher layoffs a bailout - but I know that's not a view held...”

“Our daughter is a princess in our world; she is our love, laughter, joy, and treasure.”

“There isn't any one material that's mine. It all depends on the context. For example, I did a house that had the most exquisite marble applications. That sounds ostentatious, but it wasn't,...”

“Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.”

“Sound public finances are the essential foundation on which to construct a better-balanced economy from the wreckage of Labour's boom and bust. But it is economic growth that will create the...”

“I was gutted to leave my boyfriend at home when I started my tour, but taking my pillow was like taking a little bit of him with me.”

“We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid.”

“When I became a cadet, I immediately decided I wanted to be an undercover cop because I don't like uniforms.”

“I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.”

“Oh! to shoot for the stars if feels right. Aim for my heart if it feels right.”

“I'm glad that people know my military service. But, like this nation, we are more than our military. And the rest of our story is the same as the rest of my story.”

“Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.”

“A curious thing about this rarefied world is that bloggers are almost unfailingly contemptuous toward everyone except one another.”

“I don't want to use the term 'plus-size,' because, to me, what the hell is that? It just doesn't have a positive connotation to it. I tend to not use it.”

“Hold a true friend with both your hands.”

“If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.”

“When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student,...”

“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”

“We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.”

“I am not one Who must have everything, yet I must have My dreams if I must live, for they are mine. Wisdom is not one word and then another, Till words are like dry leaves under a tree; Wisd...”

“Libyans have to work together for a new Libya. They should keep in place the sinews of security.”

“Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.”

“When I first went to Japan, I was wrestling under my real name. The Japanese people have a great amount of difficulty with the letters f, r and l. So three out of the six letters in my first...”

“While a pot of boiling water may not offer the char or smoke of a grill, it does give the cook an advantage when it comes to seasoning food.”

“I don't much enjoy travelling, but I have always longed to take a slow train to Russia. I'd like to go alone - like writers do - with only a pencil and piece of paper as company. I'd take my...”

“I don't watch ESPN, don't listen to the radio. I just go home and deal with my family.”

“Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.”

“Practically all animals which move fast in a homogeneous medium have found means of giving their body a streamlined shape, thereby reducing friction to a minimum.”

“Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to...”