Every accepted public quote

“I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I grew up watching those guys and often wondered early on in my career if I would ever have t...”

“My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.”

“I was brought up a working-class Tory. I believe, to be a true socialist, you have to be a capitalist first. In my heart, I'm a socialist; in my mind, I'm a capitalist.”

“Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.”

“I have healed the sick by the power of the God. I have spoken with the gift of tongues.”

“How goodness heightens beauty!”

“Underneath, he was a good cat. Loyal and loving. But no one ever bothered to look past his rough exterior, because in reality, looks meant more than everyone wanted to admit.”

“Subconsciously, Islam took over me, so it was like eighty or ninety percent of the fabric of the person I was.”

“I want to see good-quality comedy shows, not the slapstick ones or where people imitate others.”

“I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't...”

“These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate...”

“All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.”

“Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.”

“Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.”

“Christ's flock is made up of sheep that not only listen to their shepherd, but are also able to recognize his voice, to follow him, faithfully and with full awareness, on the pastures of ete...”

“One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.”

“It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.”

“My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.”

“The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes.”

“Just because you have an abundance of information does not mean you have wisdom.”

“At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.”

“In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.”

“In politics, Joseph Smith was something of a radical. He preached, instead of democracy, a version of theocratic rule within a framework given by his own prophetic leadership. At Nauvoo, Smi...”

“Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.”

“It's an experience like no other experience I can describe, the best thing that can happen to a scientist, realizing that something that has happened in his or her mind exactly corresponds t...”

“Romeo is the most misunderstood character in literature, I think. He's hardcore to play because he's displaying the characteristics of Hamlet at the beginning, and, well, then everything els...”

“A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.”

“World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.”

“As the oldest I was a daddy's girl and loved him with all my heart. My daddy had holes in his shoes so that he could pay for my photography classes, you know what I mean.”

“Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, a...”

“We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.”

“For diabetes in particular, we know there's a relationship between lack of glucose regulation and complications like blindness and kidney failure. So if you were diabetic and you knew that y...”

“The adoption process was not an easy one. The paperwork took nine months. It's a full-time thing!”

“I remember bumming rides across town to Georgia Tech, trying to get myself registered, trying to apply for financial aid, trying to get their coaches to watch my film.”

“Britain is a proud nation of entrepreneurs, and small businesses are the backbone of our economy.”

“There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is...”

“I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to t...”

“Plot as such is not a major ingredient in my novels... it's often better to sail on the unconscious sea.”

“I can now tell from the envelope whether or not it is a good script.”

“If you're a member of my family, whether immediate or extended, and you want to see my show, don't.”

“Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.”

“Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.”

“I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.”

“The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges or due process, far from any battlefield. The Obama adminis...”

“The fear of God is the beginning of knowledge.”

“There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.”

“I've got the hottest brand in the world.”

“Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.”