Every accepted public quote

“Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.”

“There's many ups and downs in the fight game.”

“I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.”

“I just think political correctness is crap.”

“I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.”

“My parents came from Calcutta. They arrived in Cambridge, much like the parents in my novel. And I found myself sort of caught between the world of my parents and the world they had left beh...”

“Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.”

“Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that; now I'm moving on.' It's something that walks beside you every day. And if you can learn h...”

“Love earns its best colors in the soul.”

“I wear American Apparel jeans every day of my life.”

“The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're seemingly always trying to find a specific, limited definition.”

“Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.”

“I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.”

“My best and worst 'Idol' moments? I don't have a worst 'Idol' moment... I've been spectacular. Yes, I am going to toot my own horn. And then my best moment is every single moment. I'll toot...”

“If you want someone who is sort of still, has a bit of an edge, is older, you get Morgan Freeman. If you want someone who can carry a gun and still play a father, you get Danny Glover. My ca...”

“I've been thinking if 'GoT' would lend itself easily to an MMORPG. I mean, it certainly has the background and incredible storylines for it, along with some pretty huge characters to hinge t...”

“Always set small, realistic goals that you know you can achieve first. But don't give up on the bigger ones that may seem too far from your reach.”

“Sculpture is an art of the open air. Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me, its best setting and complement is nature.”

“I call upon governments to start supporting companies to use more sustainable materials in their products instead of continuing with antiquated incentives, such as import duties on synthetic...”

“I've done work in every area of social justice you can think of, but I've been highly focused on young people and then specifically black and brown girls.”

“I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.”

“The Trump administration is shaping up to be one of the most corrupt since the Gilded Age.”

“I always had a short bob with bangs, and I hated it. My mum would always say, 'A short hair cut is always the way to go for you.' I had it for fourteen years!”

“One of the main reasons for market failure in the U.S. healthcare industry is because we are uninformed consumers.”

“It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.”

“Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted Valentino to design my wedding dress. Valentino is the definition of timeless elegance. I don't think there's another couture house like it.”

“The young man, born to rule England, which his dying father commended to him. Once his father is dead, London will cavil. The kingdom is taken back from his son.”

“You have asked me to lead this nation out of the present wilderness and malaise on to the promised land, and I shall do so; I shall offer a responsive, transparent, and innovative leadership...”

“Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time.”

“I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but...”

“Sometimes we forget things not because we are scared of the truth but because we are not strong enough to to burden it.”

“After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.”

“Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.”

“Cherish life, cherish and respect love; these are the energy frequencies in our existence that have the most likelihood of changing this world and the universe as we know it.”

“When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.”

“One of the biggest problems with this THAAD deployment decision was that it lacked democratic procedure, and it has resulted in a wide division of the nation and aggravated foreign relations...”

“I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily ea...”

“Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our ne...”

“To be fair to the Inquisition, they only used confessions extracted after the torture had ended, which let them claim that admissions had been freely given; the fact that the torture would h...”

“The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.”

“Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his shoulders, that he is a literary aristocracy of one.”

“In neighborhoods without a usable park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases by 29 percent.”

“I trust Canadians to be able to look at the different parties, the different leaders, the plans, the teams, and make a responsible choice. And I'm very, very confident that's exactly what Ca...”

“So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.”

“In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in a big pond.”

“No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to dancing after all, because that's my real vocation, and I have to serve it.”

“America is just downright mean.”

“In the evening, we either go to the cinema or stay in and get a takeaway - my favourites are Chinese or Indian.”