Every accepted public quote

“When I was 26, I founded Peaceworks as a food company that brought together Israelis, Arabs, Turks, and others in conflict regions to make and sell various food products from the Middle East...”

“I have bowled with the new ball before when I came into the Indian team in the T20 formats.”

“I had no interest at all in opera or singing. I saw my fellow students struggling with their scores, laboring to memorize operatic roles, and I thought, 'That's not for me!'”

“There's going to be different kinds of challenges on a yearly basis. You're going to have to overcome injuries, or you overcome a playoff loss or what have you. So there's always challenges...”

“...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.”

“It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony.”

“You watch award shows, and not only are you not nominated, but you're not a presenter and haven't been invited to any of the parties.”

“A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.”

“Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him.”

“I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.”

“For a woman, there is a complete dearth of roles to do. Abroad, you really have good roles, and by good roles, I don't mean the film has to be women oriented. I wouldn't mind playing a well-...”

“I think when you come from a small college like I did, then you have to use every opportunity available to you.”

“I've always joked that my food memoirs will be titled 'Brutta ma Buona,' the phrase Italians use to describe food that's delicious but rustic-looking at best: ugly but good.”

“Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental technique.”

“After Charlottesville, our politics have now borne witness to a U.S. president at times openly defending neo-Nazis and white supremacists before condemning them.”

“A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.”

“Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.”

“Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.”

“Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.”

“No planet is more earth-like than Earth itself, so if life really does pop up readily in earth-like conditions, then surely it should have arisen many times right here on our home planet? An...”

“'The Big Lebowski' was something we wrote for Jeff Bridges, and we set it aside for a couple of years because he wasn't available.”

“People are released from prison so unprepared. They give you $200. We call it gate money. And you have to pay for a bus ticket back to L.A. You get off the Greyhound bus, downtown Skid Row,...”

“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.”

“When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the realit...”

“I was 103 pounds for 12 years, and what's crazy is that I actually wanted to weigh 100. Honestly, it was for no other reason than the fact that I thought it would be cool to say that I weigh...”

“The moment you start to fear God is the moment demons begin to fear you.”

“My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely - in conjunction, of course, with my family, particul...”

“The relationship with time changes when you're captive.”

“Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and h...”

“Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.”

“Even if I am just sleeping with her or just watching cartoons in bed, I know Violet values that. I try to make the most of every moment and just make it special with her, because its what ma...”

“I wouldn't tell Jill how I felt. I behaved in such a way that was opposite to how I felt. I must have seemed strong to her. I didn't want to bring her down.”

“It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.”

“My dad would play 'The Blue Album' a lot, the first Weezer album, and that influenced my alternative indie thing and that's kind of how I found tons and most of my favorite bands.”

“These friends - and he laid his hand on some of the books - have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going to London, have given me many, many hour...”

“Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.”

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

“I think it's so important for women and girls to feel like they have a voice and to come together and support each other.”

“I spend just as much time on how people hear my music as I do the actual music, no matter how long it takes. I'm such a visual artist as well that it always goes hand-in-hand.”

“If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or prevent you getting lost, such as distant hills, church towers, and nearer object...”

“Actually, I can't remember when I was not writing.”

“The transformation that happens when a young artist goes on the road - you put the acoustic guitar down and start to play the electric a little louder - it gets a little bit ragged.”

“After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies.”

“I feel like I'm one of the happiest people I know.”

“Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.”

“I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a shock how intelligent, interesting and funny the people were. If I li...”

“I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.”

“I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.”