Every accepted public quote

“Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.”

“Generally, my notes and outlines comprise more words than my novels. I suppose that's one reason I'm a comparatively slow writer, something that has always bothered me given the fact that ot...”

“I'm about four skyscrapers behind.”

“The 'Story of Silent Night', which was given to me one Christmas when I was six - it was the story of a down and out composer who had no ideas left, and it was Christmas, and he came up with...”

“Wealthy individuals are known for spending their money wisely. This means living below their means by skipping the McMansion and impractical luxury vehicles.”

“A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.”

“Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship.”

“I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of a Sammy Davis, Jr., bringing together the...”

“When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.”

“When I testified before Congress after the Hudson River landing, Congressman James Oberstar of Minnesota said, 'Safety begins in the boardroom.' That's as true in medicine as it is in aviati...”

“The Way of an enlightened ruler is to make it so that no minister may make a proposal and then fail to match it with actions and results.”

“Donald Trump handles these nitwit reporters with a new and most disgraceful form of bribery.”

“Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against me I simply became disgusted and withdrew. Lydia was...”

“Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.”

“If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor, you know them so well, almost as...”

“I'm scared to death of being poor. It's like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It's my pet paranoia.”

“It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair...”

“Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.”

“Movie making is not like other art forms, like painting, or writing a novel, because that can be digested or interpreted... It takes two years to make each one of these, and it's always judg...”

“As a producer or even as a basic seller, you need to be confident about your product.”

“The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.”

“We boast of being one of the oldest democracies in existence and it is a point of pride for many of us that British society represents a beacon of hope for repressed peoples living in author...”

“I think you get in a situation where once you start hearing the boos and hearing the radio stations talk and people on the outside begin to bring your name up of being benched, then you begi...”

“I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.”

“For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are the jobs.”

“John Kennedy really did extend the reach of the American people and said, like Lincoln said in a way, that our reach is farther than our grasp - and we should aim high.”

“Being halfway through my life, I think we start feeling less invincible and we start thinking more about the important things.”

“The world for our law enforcement community has changed dramatically: everything from filling out paperwork to relationships with the community and how they think the narrative is in the med...”

“When most people set out to change their lives, they often focus on all the external stuff, like a new job or a new location or new friends or a new romantic prospects and on and on. The rea...”

“I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.”

“He looked him right in the eyes and saw a man who was great and good and human, who had done extraordinary things and terrible things and been broken and reassembled as a shell, only then to...”

“As a filmmaker, I always try not to concern myself with the outcome of things. I make the movie, and I do that as honestly and good as I can. I don't want to pollute my thoughts with what is...”

“I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.”

“Writing quotes is therapy for my damaged brain.”

“Having health insurance made me feel like a real person. Up until then, it felt like I was getting away with something, and if three things went wrong, it would all fall apart.”

“Love your passion and let it pervade every pore of your being!”

“Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.”

“I don't want to be overly dramatic, but Iraq and Syria are gone, and they aren't coming back, at least not as centralized states.”

“When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I was starting to connect with a live band that was something that wasn't on the radio or TV.”

“Remember that our Heavenly Father knows us perfectly and knows what's best for us . . . . Surely, His knowledge is greater than ours. We just have to have faith in Him. If we don't, well, th...”

“'Stand and Deliver' has been the most successful thing I have done in my life. So many people have seen it. There was really no need for me to do anything else.”

“I love Sia and how she hides her face. If I could pull off doing that, I totally would.”

“I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.”

“To handle that stardom, the red carpets, the photo shoots, people all of a sudden recognizing you and following you in everyday life, it's a bit weird. It's strange, and it can have funny ef...”

“There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of t...”

“Mediocrity is always a safe option but never a satisfactory one.”

“I struggled quite a long time with my backhand, which was one of my best weapons before my surgery. It took me a long time until I regained full confidence in it again and only tried to keep...”

“What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the...”