Every accepted public quote

“Software patents are dangerous to software developers because they impose monopolies on software ideas.”

“I think you're still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.”

“Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without librari...”

“To look upon its grass grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace.”

“When doubt comes against us, we have to lift up the shield of faith. We do this when we open our mouth and say what God's Word says, rather than grumbling and complaining about the problem.”

“I think each person, if you're a CEO, the most important thing is to have - to me, is to pick people around you that aren't like you, that complement you. Because you want to build a puzzle;...”

“'Modern Family' has definitely opened up a lot of doors and I will always be grateful.”

“It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood.”

“The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is why absorbing the culture all around us and its priorities is so danger...”

“If someone's got a fear of heights, they'd probably say, well, hanging off a helicopter at 3,000 feet above downtown L.A. would be the scariest. For me, that's a day's work, something I was...”

“I think that the romantic suspense that you used to get between people like Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant is much sexier than seeing people taking their clothes off and getting into bed, whi...”

“The idea that someone is more knowledgeable simply because of the greater amount of time they have spent on this Earth is one of the greatest fallacies ever conceived; it does not matter how...”

“I really respect Samantha Bee.”

“You play it the way you always play it. You look for matchups, and you go through your progression, and you throw it to the guy who's most open.”

“When I talk to students or young writers about the importance of being unafraid to take controversial positions, I'm struck by the degree to which they can't entertain a thought, much less c...”

“AIR grew out of our early thinking about rich Internet applications around 2001. We started to see web developers pushing the boundaries of what could be done inside the browser and taking a...”

“'Mad Men' doesn't capture one single thing about the decor, costumes, or sexual interaction. It is a total projection of contemporary snarky attitudes into the past.”

“Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people...”

“The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man embraces in the woman all that is not himself, and from that one resultant, from that embrace, comes every...”

“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.”

“Before I realized what was happening, everything blew up. I made 'Animals' when I was in high school, and literally, from that moment, I've been living a different life. I've been touring a...”

“People want to see other's secrets and get a peek into their lives.”

“I did the cover of Cigar Aficionado, so I'm supposed to talk about loving cigars. I've smoked them a couple of times. My father used to smoke cigars. I love the idea and the concept, and I l...”

“The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.”

“My husband and I went to Japan for our honeymoon, and you look at, like, the presentation of the food, and it's ridiculous. It looks like a Mondrian painting or something. Everything looks l...”

“I love what I do and know I'm good at it. It helps that I can get financial support along the way.”

“It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.”

“Although I don't know Oslo at all, there is something about the feel or the smell of the place that feels like home, which is quite interesting.”

“People do not make wars; governments do.”

“When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.”

“When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly...”

“We should prepare our future workforce differently. It isn't just advanced STEM degrees. There are many jobs you can do without advanced degrees.”

“People are not really interested in what politicians talk about, but what they are really interested in is how their hard-earned tax money is spent.”

“I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely.”

“All Poets are mad.”

“We gotta show up and pay attention to details, embracing the process of hard work, and developing our bodies and minds to get ready for the season.”

“But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.”

“I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”

“It does matter that it's the Olympics. I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here.”

“There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertain...”

“I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?”

“Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence manifest from the first sentence to fascinate the reade...”

“I saw a bank that said '24 Hour Banking', but I don't have that much time.”

“The person you are at 13 or 17 is not the person you are at 30, 40, or 50. Everyone old enough to look back on his or her teenage years knows this.”

“Don't complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land.”

“I find screenplays easy to write, my novels being very visual. You see what people look like. The physical action is described.”

“As editor, I think we need to act more decisively on what kind of material appears on the 'Guardian'. Those who argue that this is an affront to freedom of speech miss the point. That freedo...”

“He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.”