Every accepted public quote

“There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one.”

“My issue isn't about physical aging; my issue is about wanting to remain vigorous and youthful in my spirit.”

“Kevin Sullivan? He's Anthony Hopkins. The Prince of Darkness. The devil himself. Against the 'American Dream' Dusty Rhodes, the chubby plumber's son from Austin, Texas. My God, those billboa...”

“...some things are better left in the past. And true things are destined to repeat themselves.”

“The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.”

“I have the mentality of a supporting actor.”

“The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.”

“Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.”

“I took a page out of the U2 book. They've always had a universal approach. Nobody doubts they're Christian, but there's an open door for everybody in any faith to consume the music at any le...”

“Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage.”

“My wife, Sharon, and I started with nothing when we got married. I was driving a 1902 Pinto and eating off a card table.”

“We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world - but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.”

“Sometimes I realize halfway through a story, I'm like, 'Why would anyone care about this? It's uninteresting.'”

“The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.”

“I love shopping at Zara or Topshop. I'm not going to go out and spend $1,200 on a Chloe top that I'm probably going to spill something on.”

“At the end of the day , its you & your future not you and your friends”

“It's everyone's responsibility to build up other women rather than tear them down. Be self-aware and proactive. It's not wrong to have those thoughts, but you can change how you respond to t...”

“Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy.”

“I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.”

“The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.”

“I have a track record of getting things done as secretary of Housing and Urban Development.”

“People in Ethiopia, the Sudan, etc., don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognize the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF, their faces light up, because they know that something is happening....”

“Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient”

“The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and a burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal ha...”

“Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.”

“Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets, tables and desks at which we coul...”

“My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don't care what your job is, you're not gonna talk down to me, you're not gonna try to get a rise out o...”

“Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.”

“Every sector of society looks at digital analytics in a productive way. Limiting my ability to use them is just unacceptable. And by the way, Congress conducts polls using traditional method...”

“Out of love for mankind, and out of despair at my embarrassing situation, seeing that I had accomplished nothing and was unable to make anything easier than it had already been made, and mov...”

“Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.”

“Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western World. Simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a mental straitjacket from which we can only...”

“Local Arab partners and the Iraqi government must lead the fight against ISIL. U.S. military advisers are important to this effort, but we cannot be engaged in combat operations. That is why...”

“I'm definitely nostalgic about the music of my youth; The Clash and Fishbone and that whole music scene. I still have all that music to this day. There was some great music going on in the l...”

“So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'”

“The right people will appreciate you, but the wrong ones never will.”

“No taxation without respiration.”

“No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.”

“That's what governors do, they wrestle with the issues, they find solutions and they move the agenda forward. At the appropriate time we'll talk about all of these issues, while remembering...”

“Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both.”

“When I cook for my family on Christmas, I make feijoada, a South American dish of roasted and smoked meats like ham, pork, beef, lamb, and bacon - all served with black beans and rice. It's...”

“Always be intentional and purposeful in life”

“Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!”

“It's not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn't sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you c...”

“Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.”

“We cannot have the fruits of the gospel without its roots.”

“Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.”

“But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.”