Every accepted public quote

“The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them.”

“Opinion polls sponsored by newspapers were traditionally meant to bring to the fore the mood of the people objectively.”

“We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.”

“Being hummed at by someone with magic hands while they knead your neck is good for the soul, but it won't make you giggle for days afterwards. In fact, the second the smiley therapist stops...”

“I connected very much with all the work of Joan Crawford because she started as a flapper. She used to dance and sing and she was very cute. She had something that was so different from what...”

“Preparation is a process.”

“I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democr...”

“I may now carry the sash of Miss Universe, but I'll forever be your Miss Philippines.”

“But time has caught up with it and I think vindicated it. Shampoo, too: very dark, very ambitious movie.”

“I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.”

“I strongly support the Bush Administration's clean diesel rules, which will reduce air pollution from diesel engines by more than 90 percent, and reduce the sulfur content of diesel fuel by...”

“Book tours are super hard for me as a raging introvert. I love humanity, but actual humans are hard for me. So something like a book tour - where I'm constantly on the road - scares the hell...”

“Martinis are glamorous but also so simple because they only have a few ingredients, and you can really taste the vodka.”

“Get proper training right from the beginning. It prevents injuries and avoids wasting your time with misdirected effort, which is what most people generally don't understand. Give it your al...”

“I don't like psychiatry. I don't believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.”

“My first time I directed a play was 'No Exit,' a play set in a subway.”

“I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it.”

“I have jokes I've told before and will tell again, but my favorite part of the night is talking to the crowd.”

“In my family, my earliest memory of you get out of line is - BAM! It was a lot of corporal punishment. But you can't do that.”

“Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.”

“I'm interested in designing for posterity.”

“Throughout my life, I happily deferred to family, companions, children.”

“Be willing to have it so; acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”

“When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.”

“Your wit makes others witty.”

“I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories.”

“I'm riding my man Obama. I think he's a visionary. Actually, Barack told me the first date he took Michelle to was 'Do the Right Thing.' I said, Thank God I made it. Otherwise you would have...”

“Mick Jagger is one of the greatest athletes who ever lived, just for how much he puts into it onstage.”

“Food is entertainment now. People tune into 'Top Chef,' and they're not trying to replicate the recipes. Anthony Bourdain is entertainment. Instagramming your dishes is entertainment.”

“My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.”

“I got an apartment for my family so they can move out of this one-room that they were renting out from a family.”

“I actually heard hip-hop before I saw a movie in a movie theater. I heard hip-hop first, at the tender age of seven, so that came first. I didn't see a movie until I was eight.”

“I'm a Cancerian, the typical crab with the tough outer shell and the soft bit in the middle. I don't think I'll ever come to terms with people being unnecessarily nasty, but I can take it if...”

“My parents instilled a lot of American values in me. They encouraged me to work hard and told me that anything was possible for me because I was a citizen.”

“When you remember who looks through your own eyes, you will never suffer another day in this lifetime.”

“News told, rumors heard, truth implied, facts buried.”

“I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standard...”

“I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices.”

“We are not a victim of our emotions or thoughts. We can understand our triggers and use them as tools to help us respond more objectively.”

“Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn't smooth. You'll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don't believe in your mission, giving up is eas...”

“Trump's overriding accomplishment is plain: The Republican Party can no longer be shamed.”

“My father spent all those years building his brand. I happen to be his namesake, and I also happen to be the president of the largest Christian university. I think I have a responsibility to...”

“To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend.”

“All my football injuries now have arthritis in them.”

“I have certain things that I stand for, certain things that I believe in, and if you don't like it and you tell me to go to hell, I think that's your God-given right as a fan. It's one of th...”

“The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the po...”

“As chefs, we work with organizations like Oxfam to enrich their projects with culinary tools, recipes and ideas.”

“If you've just been sacked from work, with no money coming in and a baby to feed, clothe and keep warm, it's unlikely you'll have a thousand pounds or so to spare.”