Every accepted public quote

“They're so cold, these scholars! May lightning strike their food so that their mouths learn how to eat fire!”

“I think that by creating a world of plenty, by creating institutions and organizations that promote knowledge and promote understanding, I think I could be part of being in a better world.”

“I think that if I would talk on a political subject, if I talk about it, it would divide the audience on that issue. That's not my issue.”

“Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relations come into being?”

“Those who aim high know what it takes to feel the skies on the tip of their wings and would encourage you to fly with them. Those who sour grape from below would want nothing but for people...”

“Inspiring music may fill the soul with heavenly thoughts, move one to righteous action, or speak peace to the soul.”

“Any Democratic statement of core beliefs about the importance of families must include all our families, gay and straight. Our party has a long tradition of leading the charge on important q...”

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”

“To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used.”

“The invisibility of work and workers in the digital age is as consequential as the rise of the assembly line and, later, the service economy.”

“So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I've been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it's gone beyond that...”

“Two conditions of self-sustaining growth are that a country has acquired a cadre of domestic entrepreneurs and administrators and, secondly, that it has attained to adequate savings and taxa...”

“Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.”

“People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become actors.”

“Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.”

“The greater the truth the greater the libel.”

“'Federalism', in the context of political and media usage in Britain, has come to mean the creation and imposition of a European superstate, one centralised in Brussels.”

“I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit. That's all. But I like sweets.”

“I didn't know Michael Hastings very well, but one thing about him was always obvious - he was born to be in the news business, he loved it, he was made for it. He wrote about Iraq and Afghan...”

“I tell about some of the female characters from the Bible so girls can be inspired and empowered and uplifted.”

“I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.”

“And here she was. Lying on the floor of a dusty, empty, locked room thinking how grateful she felt. She smiled, though it hurt tremendously to do so, thinking how blessed she had been to hav...”

“In the days following 9/11, when we were reeling and disoriented, there was a kind of solace to be found in old recordings, and even pseudo-folk singers like James Taylor seemed to be safegu...”

“I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify people's trauma.”

“The Japanese covet important symbols - their heroic past as enshrined in Yasukuni, the Imperial family which has never been sullied by scandal.”

“Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touch...”

“Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.”

“In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exi...”

“The songs I write and sing try to say important things with a lightness.”

“There are certain images attached to an Indian woman - a mother, daughter, homemaker... there are certain parts of it that I really like, and I love having that identity also, but I feel wom...”

“My family is blue-collar - coal miners and steelworkers. My father was an automobile mechanic, and us boys were brought up to work. I used to pump gasoline at 11 cents a gallon. I thought I...”

“The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patien...”

“My go-to meal is soft-boiled eggs with toasty squares.”

“All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed...”

“The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd...”

“We don't build our character by what others see or feel about us, We build our character by what we see and feel in ourselves.”

“I had been a hurricane all my life. And that was, of course, because I was bipolar and did not know it. And I was - you know, the mania took control. When you're on stage and when you're per...”

“Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.”

“Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion...”

“This is going to sound crazy, but... from the moment I first set eyes on you I haven't been able to stop thinking about you.”

“Part of my training was learning how to refer patients to cardiologists for heart problems, gastroenterologists for stomach issues, and rheumatologists for joint pain. Given that most physic...”

“I have huge admiration for Taylor Swift. She's tall, talented, young, thin, and beautiful. More importantly, she seems focused, generous, vulnerable, and kind.”

“I was going to play pro baseball. That was the dream. But in my sophomore year of high school a teacher who knew I performed, singing in church, she said, 'You know we have a speech team,' a...”

“God is bigger than you think, and He can do better than you thought.”

“I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vas...”

“All of a sudden, Hulk Hogan has become retro. Hulk Hogan has become cool again. So to come out and to hear how loud the fans are. To hear how loyal the fans are, it's truly overwhelming. I j...”

“There is a lot of pressure on pop stars, and I think a lot of it is the pressure that we put on ourselves. In our minds, we build up these huge, huge standards that we think people want from...”

“Mammals are very close to us, but bugs are strange. They're more mysterious and exotic.”