Every accepted public quote

“He who is contented is rich.”

“Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too often read and admired as autobiographical expression. And thanks to t...”

“We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very d...”

“As soon as the groupie finds out that you make errors in everyday life like everybody else does and that you are human, they turn on you and hate you.”

“Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets.”

“Life has to be everything. It can't be all sad. It can't be all peaches and cream. Because the lows have you appreciate the highs. And the highs give you perspective on the lows. If it's not...”

“In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival...”

“Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.”

“I was allowed a freedom as a baby boomer to do whatever I wanted to do. My parents were able to give their permission because they just felt, 'Why not?' I joined my first band and dropped ou...”

“Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and the...”

“I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. Th...”

“The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.”

“All the kids at the kindergarten had to play, or at least touch, the piano. It was a good start. Then, after kindergarten, all my friends took piano lessons, so I joined them.”

“Most Americans are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I'm advocating a balanced budget. But along with that, look, there should be gay marriage equality. A woman should have the rig...”

“Lies Have expiry dates but the truth never expires”

“I like engineering, but I love the creative input.”

“Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we...”

“We have to devise ways to lower the cost of production and reduce the risks involved in agriculture such as pests, pathogens, and weeds.”

“I certainly know women who had children, quit their jobs, and still have full-time nannies. That's who these women are: Even to the detriment of their own relationship with their kids, they...”

“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”

“The good thing about SUVs is they have storage.”

“Kids have been let down by adults - we've tried to give them too much, we've tried not to impose discipline. We've tried to make their lives easier and, in doing so, we've taken something aw...”

“One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.”

“David Foster Wallace, in my opinion, is one of the greatest writers we've ever had, certainly in the last twenty years. His obvious dominance of the English language is partnered with honest...”

“I am supporting many Republican candidates who embrace the principles and policies set forth in Speaker Ryan's vision and who are committed to moving our country forward on the right path.”

“Sleep is probably the most important biological function. If you don't get enough sleep, you can get psychiatric illnesses and all types of different illnesses.”

“In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.”

“Prayer is asking God to incarnate, to get dirty in your life. Yes, the eternal God scrubs floors. For sure we know he washes feet. So take Jesus at his word. Ask him. Tell him what you want....”

“I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like h...”

“Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.”

“The fact that 'A Dirty Job' has comedy and supernatural horror in it, that both are woven in and out of it with a whimsical tone, despite the fact that it's about death, makes it hard to cha...”

“Is there anyone out there who is the next Steve Jobs? I think Jeff Bezos is pretty close. He is very smart. He is extremely creative. He has completely reinvented the way in which commerce i...”

“At 8, I got my first cassette, which was Def Leppard's 'Hysteria.'”

“I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen.”

“Shakespeare is, essentially, the emanation of the Renaissance. The overflow of his fame on the Continent in later years was but the sequel of the flood of the Renaissance in Western Europe....”

“Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.”

“I did not have a happy family life a few years ago. I was divorced, and I was very alienated from my daughter, and I was out there cutting every ribbon and running around New York hosting ev...”

“Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties hav...”

“You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.”

“I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.”

“The scenes in 'The Virgin Suicides' where Elle Fanning is ice skating are really amazing.”

“My praying friend, continue to make known your desires to God in all things. ... Let Him decide whether you are to receive what you ask for or not.”

“We share a common planet, and the world has learned the hard way that we have to get along and work together. We have learned, too, that cooperation can benefit all.”

“Think about it: if you were running a multi-million dollar company, and your database of customer information was stolen, would you want to tell your clients? No. Most companies did not unti...”

“Art is a process, not a product.”

“Faith is not a product of reflection, nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being.”

“Nothing except the desire between them, the ground below them, the night above.”

“I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation.”