Every accepted public quote

“Congress: Bingo with billions.”

“I have three storage units, and that's no lie. Three storage units. All books.”

“Anti-intellectualism remains strongly entrenched in many parts of the church, but it is grounded in fear, not in faith. (p. 19)”

“Dreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.”

“I knew I wanted to be a singer from the age of five. I've been lucky to be so single-minded - some of my friends still don't know what they want to do, and they're finding it hard. There are...”

“If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write.”

“In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today.”

“Whitley Bay was my first experience of the seaside. I'd buy my bucket and spade, and beach ball, and all the shops were teeming with toys. I used to spend hours on the shuggy boats.”

“You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to s...”

“Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.”

“I live my life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world.”

“Instead of more talk about salmon and high-speed rails, more criticism of the Supreme Court or more praise for the Soviet's Sputnik mission - President Obama should use his State of the Unio...”

“This means that they are bound by law and custom to plough the fields of their masters, harvest the corn, gather it into barns, and thresh and winnow the grain; they must also mow and carry...”

“One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.”

“I see Walt Disney as kind of the epitome of a dreamer. He was a very forward thinker.”

“Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter.”

“I can't stand these autobiographies that start with, you know, 'I was born in Acton, and I went to such and such a school.' They just bore me.”

“Indian spices can find a place in any cuisine. It's just a matter of opening your mind and palate to new flavors.”

“I am one of many people documenting damage and looting at ancient sites from space - it is such a crucial tool.”

“Whatever requires an undue amount of thought or trouble or involves a large expenditure of effort and causes our whole life to revolve, as it were, around solicitude for the flesh must be av...”

“It's not easy to run a social media account over a long period of time, but we love communicating with our fans every day and night.”

“With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on Oprah, Fox News, the Early Show, and Good Morning America. Oprah was the best - an hour long segment. TV is so short; you answer a few questions...”

“In coastal waters rich in runoff, plankton can swarm densely, a million in a drop of water. They color the sea brown and green where deltas form from big rivers, or cities dump their sewage....”

“Skills vary with the man. We must... strive by that which is born in us.”

“People often talk about Hispanics. You know, I have more Hispanics come up to me telling me, 'Listen, I can't wait for your father to be president. He's gonna bring jobs back to the United S...”

“A person could waste an important part of his living if he refuses to come into significance; if he refuses to impact lives around, the family and in the community or in the society.”

“There was a disc and two bone spurs pressing on my spinal cord. If anyone's had spinal cord problems or disc injuries in their neck, they'd understand what I went through.”

“Besides Spiderman and Batman, 'The Flash' has, hands down, the best villains. You could do a TV show about The Rogues, and there's enough depth and interest and oddly honor amongst those cha...”

“I think there is some resistance when people talk about ethical fashion, and a tendency to panic that if you're bringing a moral agenda and highlighting the origins of the garments, you can'...”

“We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies.”

“Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.”

“When I was born, I had a birth injury in my second and third vertebrae. It gave me what they called spastic paralysis, which is actually cerebral palsy.”

“William Shatner just reeks of cool.”

“You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.”

“I don't necessarily enjoy playing concerts, although that has gotten more fun with a band. But the one thing I always have enjoyed is making records and being in that creative environment. A...”

“I love creating new things. It's difficult to be creative once a restaurant's open. People want the same dishes. For me, the creativity is in opening a new place and starting a new menu.”

“Vince and WWE, they're not fresh. Yes, Vince does big business. They have the best talent in the world, but they have no fresh ideas. They should be selling out every arena.”

“I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six foot two or over.”

“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?”

“Science is a hammer for change.”

“I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women's Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They're all vintage but in new condition.”

“Cyprus was a breath away from economic collapse. It was a big battle in which we came out wounded, but upright and determined to make a fresh start.”

“Statistically after six months, if an Indigenous or non-Indigenous person has come off welfare, even long-term welfare, and has stuck in that's job for six months, then they've really broken...”

“Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.”

“The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.”

“The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.”

“With one touch of her hand, all my fears are hidden. It's almost like a vivid dream that can't go wrong”

“No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you're always threatened by certain... You're always threatened by other women, period.”