Every accepted public quote

“Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livest...”

“When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.”

“The eight years of war since 9/11 had meant several Christmases away from home for most of these men. For soldiers at war, there's comforting continuity in the traditions and inevitability o...”

“The role of art in society differs for every artist.”

“There is emotion in the hug, and there is respect and a form of love. Emotion that comes from honesty, respect that comes from challenge, and the form of love that exists between people whos...”

“James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity.”

“I'm very inquisitive, and I always have questions and need to touch things to see how it works or why it works.”

“From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up the First Amendment, they inserted a provision in...”

“Well, the 'Giuliana & Bill' show is a little bit different because Giuliana and I are the executive producers of the show, so certainly we have a lot of control and we have total, I guess if...”

“I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.”

“Any observer is an intruder in the domain of a wild animal and must remember that the rights of that animal supersede human interests. An observer must also keep in mind that an animal's mem...”

“Let my toes teach the shore how to feel a tranquil life through the wetness of sands Let my heart latch the door of blackness, as all my pain now blue sky understands”

“I am not like Hitchcock, directing the reaction of the public or the audience. I don't like that. I think this is some kind of fascism - 'You need to react like that.' No. No. It's not like...”

“Sleeping here is harder here in space than on a bed because the sleep position here is the same position throughout the day. You don't ever get that sense of gratifying relaxation here that...”

“Many of our problems are broadly similar to those that undermined ... Norse Greenland, and that many other past societies also struggled to solve. Some of those past societies failed (like t...”

“War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.”

“I think most of the people like the kind of player like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. They're pretty tall, and they can do everything.”

“The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become.”

“Some pursue happiness, others create it.”

“The greatest thing a man can do in this world, is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.”

“The British people have spoken, and there will be a different future for the U.K. - different but a brighter, more optimistic future. We may have to go through some difficult times to get th...”

“When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmons or someone like that, who has acknowledged that they are writing music for a character.”

“I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do.”

“Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews. I think the readers deserve to read my reviews before the studios do.”

“I do know some of the world's richest people. In monetary terms, they all performed very well. In terms of a fulfilling life, I am less sure.”

“There are some members of the House leadership whose only mission in life is to demonize the president.”

“My mother pretty much raised me to be a free spirit. Anything my father would say, she would tell me, 'No, it's like this.'”

“If you're going to start a company, it's not going to be in the millions of dollars, but it's going to be something - for a lot of these kids - out of the trunk of their car, the same way th...”

“If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?”

“When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.”

“We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances.”

“Honestly, I've been asking myself how it would feel to be Princess Leia since I was seven years old.”

“I can't say New York's home, but I've made a lot of friends, and I'm developing a map of what cats are here and where they play, and as a singer, you're always looking for projects that tie...”

“A good self-esteem level is mostly dependant on how we value ourselves without any bias.”

“Science is the systematic classification of experience.”

“Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.”

“Barack Obama hopes his famous health care victory will mark him as a transformative president. History, however, may judge it to have been his missed opportunity to be one.”

“My favorite films are 'Paris, Texas' and 'Repo Man.'”

“I had been educated in the rhythms of the mountain, rhythms in which change was never fundamental, only cyclical. The same sun appeared each morning, swept over the valley, and dropped behin...”

“A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer is not there to see the reaction of the person he writ...”

“We exalted that Michael Phelps-consecrated water. Rose petals were strewn in Peyton Manning's path when he retired. But hey, that's natural. As we should, we admire those in any craft, no le...”

“I've actually published two compilations, if only barely. Hire a private detective and possibly you'll be able to locate them. One was called 'Violent Screen,' and the other 'Now Playing at...”

“I went to New York for the first time when I was in college for a school trip and, uh, it did not appeal to me. It was too much hustle and bustle. And I have since now found a New York where...”

“God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks from the cosmos to every single human soul, is th...”

“The 'low' quality of many American films, and of much American popular culture, induces many art lovers to support cultural protectionism. Few people wish to see the cultural diversity of th...”

“I think very few people still understand the distinction between CEOs on Wall Street and the hedge-fund billionaires operating separately.”

“A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.”

“The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.”