Every accepted public quote

“There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.”

“I don't think there's anything wrong with a hot dog or other convenience foods, as long as they're balanced with fresh vegetables. It's hard to ignore 95 percent of the grocery store.”

“I love the opportunity to use my full range, and so playing in the comedy 'Black-ish' gives me the opportunity to show my lighter side, and playing in this beautiful, elegant horror story of...”

“Virtual Self' combines a lot of unlike elements - trance, jungle, slowed-down breakbeats.”

“The novelist has a responsibility to adhere to the facts as closely as possible, and if they are inconvenient, that's where the art comes in. You must work with intractable facts and find th...”

“I'm up before 6, but then I'm parked in front of the PC until noon.”

“Why must we all, including myself, aspire to be all we are not?”

“How astonishing it is that language can almost mean, and frightening that it does not quite.”

“When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I'm not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won't be disappointed in me.”

“But research confirms that both Republican and Democratic women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate and fight for bills that champion social justice, protect the environ...”

“The trial of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has kept me fascinated and shocked in equal measure. But like many women, I was relieved this week when he was found guilty of culpable homicide...”

“I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others. Please drink responsibly and it's never acceptable to drink and drive!”

“I write in the booth and memorize in rehearsals.”

“Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next.”

“I was an early adopter of everything from Myspace to Twitter, and I think they're just fads, like CB radio.”

“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”

“I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based thinking to a very Western culture.”

“I felt that The Who had ended because we'd lost touch with our original Shepherd's Bush audience.”

“Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen...”

“My experience tells me, unfortunately, that so many people ask the question about 'The Smiths' reforming without really caring about the answer. They just really want to ask the question.”

“You should hear what my parents wanted to call me. It was between Brown Rice, Neon Hitch and Z. Ziggurat Zanzibar Zandorf. I'm not joking. Imagine fitting that on my passport!”

“Conjoined twins are identical siblings who develop one placenta out of a single fertilised ovum. No cases of conjoined triplets or quadruplets have been documented.”

“You're going up against the billionaire boys' club or trying to find your way into something you have no basis for, and it's bigger than anything you ever imagined - and then actually having...”

“My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's tim...”

“A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is...”

“If a negative atmosphere pervades where you live or work, go elsewhere. Seek out friends, business associates, and mentors with positive attitudes who share your goals and best interests.”

“Inner peace is impossible without patience. Wisdom requires patience. Spiritual growth implies the mastery of patience. Patience allows the unfolding of destiny to proceed at its won unhurri...”

“My pops passed when I was little. I didn't have a dad around to tell me certain things. I didn't have my biological mother.”

“I would love to have more kids. Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family.”

“But many people never discover the folly of such a search and continue to believe that, given enough information, they can define and explain a person. Controversy has always existed among p...”

“But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future....”

“If people take a knee, and the National Football League players want to take a knee, they should take a knee at night, every night, and thank God in Heaven Donald J. Trump is president of th...”

“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.”

“Most girls are taught to avoid risk and failure. We're taught to smile pretty, play it safe, get all A's. Boys, on the other hand, are taught to play rough, swing high, crawl to the top of t...”

“If you know anything about the issues in our country, you know we have a lot of deep-rooted anger and anxieties that spark a lot of passion. When you talk about our national anthem or the fl...”

“In real life I've learned to love not wearing any makeup whatsoever, and I'm super low-maintenance when it comes to my hair.”

“Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.”

“Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.”

“My style has been nurtured over time. It's more about knowing what doesn't suit you. I love suits and anything sharp, and I know that shape suits me. I don't feel feminine in floaty dresses...”

“My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune.”

“You can do something You can move forward You have a lot of courage You can change the world. Do not give up on yourself Never lose confidence in yourself. You leave the path of lies To walk...”

“The biggest thing holding you back is you. Start there.”

“There's two tiers of science fiction: the McDonalds sci-fi like Star Trek, where they have an adventure and solve it before the last commercial, and there are books that once you've read, yo...”

“I usually get up at 3 A.M. I don't require a lot of sleep, and if I get tired, I'll take a powernap during the day.”

“I guess he wanted to see a little more sexual activity because in real life, in bed I think less is more and let the woman come to me. Frankly, I don't even need a woman there.”

“We should never denigrate any other culture but rather help people to understand the relationship between their own culture and the dominant culture. When you understand another culture or l...”

“Accents are always difficult in their way, but as long as you're not throwing an audience off with it, then that's all it should be.”

“My main problem with Norwegian Black Metal is that almost all the bands from 1992-1993 are made up of rats, who ratted each other out and blamed me for everything that went wrong in the scen...”