Every accepted public quote

“I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.”

“I'm going to sound like an egomaniac, but I'm proud of so many things. I feel proud of my book, 'I'm Just A Person,' proud of my HBO special. I'm proud of a lot of things.”

“I remember I was walking through a store, and I saw clothes a 25-year-old would wear. And the conversation in my head was, 'I'm not young and fabulous anymore.' But, immediately, there was a...”

“If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.”

“I will absolutely admit that the feel and smell of sea spray and wind on my face will be very welcome. I will be happy to come back to Earth, our beautiful planet, when it is time.”

“It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.”

“If you are ever going to move beyond where you stand at that moment you have to conjure a picture in your head of where you want to go.”

“Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.”

“I believe in an India of pluralism and diversity, not of religious bigotry and caste politics. I believe in an India that is secure in itself and confident of its place in the world, an Indi...”

“I love flying so much. I even like airplane food. No one bothers you and your phone never goes off and you can't have emails go through. It's undisturbed.”

“Whether it's being a leading man, making TV shows, being with my family, I've learned a lot.”

“I had my first seizure, and I had to go in for heart surgery.”

“If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.”

“The current approach that psychiatry takes almost ignores social worlds in which mental health problems arise and tries to become highly biomedical like other branches of medicine such as ca...”

“Social work and politics never go together although the intention behind politics is social work.”

“What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and the third shudders when it looks back on what the first did.”

“By the end of the nineteenth century, the stereotype of the ugly American - voracious, preachy, mercenary, and bombastically chauvinist - was firmly in place in Europe.”

“Psychologists, for reasons of clinical necessity or vagaries of temperament, have chosen to dissect and catalog the morbid emotions - depression, anger, anxiety - and to leave largely unexam...”

“Today I wonder why it is God refers to Himself as 'Father' at all. This, to me, in light of the earthly representation of the role, seems a marketing mistake.”

“Fame should be left to the film stars.”

“My advice gets misconstrued as being mean.”

“We cannot allow any uncontrolled situation and destabilization in the country.”

“I believe that there may well be a personal God out there - not a monotheistic God - that has got it in for me.”

“No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.”

“Everyone thinks Lily Allen is this brash, bold, funny person. It was all just a bit of a facade and bravado.”

“You can print money to bail out a bank, but you can't print life to bail out a planet.”

“It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.”

“I love Chicago for several reasons, but one of the best is that I was so intrigued that you have wild rabbits running around in the city. I never had seen bunnies in such a large urban envir...”

“I date African-American women. That's all I date. In my family, it was never discussed - but I love black women. Nothing beats a sister. However, when you see a female like Jennifer Lopez, y...”

“Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.”

“I can confirm that Poland should become a eurozone country, and not just because of the treaties that have been signed, but because I consider it of strategic interest both for Poland and th...”

“I enjoy my fun time and everything like that but I love what I do.”

“I've made six zombie films; I've tried consciously to make each one different from the next.”

“You can't understand America without understanding the Puritans. In many ways, we're still living out their legacy in ways that are good and bad.”

“CEOs resign when the internal dynamics of the company and the external dynamics of the company actually come together to say it is appropriate. When the internal dynamics ask you whether you...”

“I can't be impatient. It would show on the floor, and I won't compete if I'm thinking about getting the ball.”

“I feel that women - without wishing to foster any strict separatist notions, homo or hetero - indeed have a need for their own publications and organizations. Our problems, our experiences a...”

“I wish for a world where people understand that life is short. So today's the time to do big things.”

“All those spices and herbs in your spice rack can do more than provide calorie-free, natural flavorings to enhance and make food delicious. They're also an incredible source of antioxidants...”

“God is great! In times of pain, He gives power. In times of sickness, He provides healing and after a loss, He is able to restore what was lost.”

“I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.”

“Oh, Scarlett, you are so young you wring my heart.”

“This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.”

“Man, that first Leppard album really jams, and their original guitarist, Pete Willis, was a great player.”

“The fundamental principles of prosperity in every country are so well understood that they need but little if any discussion. They are so simple that with the proper cooperative action the A...”

“If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.”

“I was at the first Minor Threat show, and you could tell, 'This band is going to be the king of the town.' It was obvious. They were so good.”

“I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.”