Every accepted public quote

“When people used to ask me what I missed about America, I would say, 'The optimism.' I grew up in the land of hope, then moved to one whose catchphrases are 'It's not possible' and 'Hell is...”

“The world begins anew with every birth, my father used to say. He forgot to say, with every death it ends. Or did not think he needed to. Because for a goodly part of his life he worked in a...”

“President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed.”

“In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.”

“After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You have to be very careful when you judge and execute somebody for be...”

“The modern ignorance is in people's assumption that they can outsmart their own nature. It is in the arrogance that will believe nothing that cannot be proved, and respect nothing it cannot...”

“I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.”

“There are so many things that have evolved since I wrestled. They don't have periods anymore. They have rounds... it confuses the younger demographic.”

“If Tiger Woods had played football, he would have been a quarterback.”

“Success isn't what makes you happy. It really isn't. Success is doing what makes you happy and doing good work and hopefully having a fruitful life. If I've felt like I've done good work, th...”

“The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own.”

“The idea of the Songun revolution is an idea of giving importance and precedence to military affairs in implementing the masses' cause of independence, the socialist cause, and pushing ahead...”

“Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the...”

“I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too....”

“Even after I became involved in theater and involved in TV and film, I had this sort of idea that Hollywood was off limits. There was something about L.A., the mystique of it and fear of it.”

“It is probable that England will look favorably upon the independence of the Philippines, for it will open their ports to her and afford greater freedom to her commerce.”

“A number of scientists with greatly different backgrounds can come up with completely different assessments. The discussions or controversies are endless. Once a year, we try to bring the mo...”

“The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.”

“In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are 'ridiculously in charge,' then you own whatever happens in a company, school, et cetera.”

“I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.”

“From our perspective, just narrowly from the financial sector and from our institution, there's nothing good about Brexit.”

“I'm pretty sure 'Nutty Professor' will happen to me at some point. And when it does, I will go to the gym.”

“The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.”

“The fundamental virtue of success is that it allows you to know the true significance of what it means to have the freedom to make your dreams come true.”

“I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its purpose: to create the conditions where...”

“Without any formal personal finance education or trustworthy resources to tell them otherwise, the majority of people in the 18-to-24-year-old age bracket do not know how to use credit effec...”

“I think people are tired of politics as usual. We're tired of everything being scripted; we're tired of every comment being politically correct.”

“Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.”

“I've been misunderstood when it comes to women. I've got a big heart and a little brain. But I love women being women; there's something about their skin. I do love strong, independent women...”

“Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than...”

“I think the key to passion, to zeal, is gratitude. Or to put it another way, the fuel to motivate is gratitude, and gratitude comes by just backing up a little and realizing how much you've...”

“When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be said once.”

“The kids of today have taken over the music business - most of them very young. Simply because they write and jot down a few notes, they have the idea that they can write songs.”

“I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organi...”

“The words "I am ..." are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.”

“I've been saying I really want to get a 1992 Jeep Sahara, and I'm going to paint it so it looks like the 'Jurassic Park' Jeep. I've actually seen a guy who did have a Jeep Sahara, and he did...”

“'Jaws,' first time I saw it, I forgot I was in it. True. Totally forgot, and got as scared as everybody else, and it's a great movie.”

“I always see the glass half full. I see the beauty in others, and I see the hope for tomorrow. If we don't have hope and faith, we have nothing.”

“Anything that could give rise to smarter-than-human intelligence - in the form of Artificial Intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, or neuroscience-based human intelligence enhancement - w...”

“I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing that job. I intend to continue doing it to the absolute best of...”

“I love red bell peppers. Bell peppers in general, really. I like to eat them like apples. They're so crunchy and delicious.”

“Confine yourself to the present.”

“Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.”

“Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.”

“If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.”

“If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation? If your light and knowledge be not turned into practice, the more k...”

“It's interesting because a lot of my 16-year-old kids' friends know me from 'Wedding Crashers,' and not so much Bond. My kids have a good laugh. I was 20 then. The look I had then was the lo...”

“My mother praised me when I did something good, and then the next moment, she would say, 'Don't float.' She put me in a balloon and then pricked it.”