Every accepted public quote

“If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.”

“Even if it's a horrible venue - a bar that barely has a PA and no lighting - we're still there trying to get somebody to not forget us.”

“I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when the historical record is probed care...”

“Every season has its lipstick trend, and just because your perfect color is a pinky beige, that doesn't mean you can't wear deep burgundy.”

“Truth cannot be constructed. To live in ideology is, as Havel so eloquently reminds us, inevitably to live in a lie. Truth can only be revealed. We cannot be creators, only receptors.”

“Without a doubt, I wholeheartedly support programs at Microsoft and in the industry that bring more women into technology and close the pay gap.”

“Shadowing is really a great way to learn how the entire TV-making mechanism works. I had the distinct pleasure of shadowing the gifted and talented Allison Anders, who taught me a great deal...”

“When Governor Romney was out here, I told him, I said, 'we are following the formula of streamlining regulations, being job creating friendly, balancing budgets, cutting taxes, and, you know...”

“Having followed the wireless industry long enough, I can tell you that building and supporting an application for different platforms is as tough as climbing a straight wall of rock.”

“Yesterday is the last day of the past. Tomorrow is brimming with hope, so today is meant to lived large. Enjoy your moments!”

“God decided when we would be born and when we would be born again. We have the Spirit and the Gospel. To think that we deserve to live in different times is to tell God that we deserve a bet...”

“Remember that before 'Roe v. Wade' was decided, there were four states that allowed abortion in the first trimester if that's what the woman sought: New York, Hawaii, California, Alaska. Oth...”

“I think it's that thing of growing up all the time watching American movies and listening to American music. It hits you in a way that's a lot purer because you are not in that culture that...”

“The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed innocent civilians in Dresden and dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima,...”

“People do give me a hard time about my hair because it's orange and it's big.”

“I had really loving parents and a happy childhood.”

“Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.”

“The love that moves the sun and all the other stars”

“Hrithik Roshan is my idol both onscreen as well as off screen. I wish that I could become just 50 percent like him.”

“It's become easy for Americans to live in a cocoon of monolithic ideology and thought. It's time to embrace diversity of thought and diversity of experience.”

“The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.”

“I do get free stuff.”

“The great moral powers of the soul are faith, hope, and love.”

“I'm all in favor of the FTC investigating companies when it believes there is proper cause to do so. An investigation, however, can lead to political pressure to bring a case, even if such a...”

“Duh! So, we're asking you now, what are some of your favorite lines that this warlock brain produced?”

“Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come.”

“I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from Mount Sinai with the tablets. It doesn't work like that....”

“For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put my house up as collateral, I invested the liquid money I had and two years of my time to get it over, but that's re...”

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

“Because the Vikings never documented anything - they couldn't read or write - the history is always gonna be a little up in the air.”

“The problem with having the name Wyeth is that immediately, when people hear the name, they all of a sudden see weathered barns in a field or something.”

“People are not going to love you unless you love them.”

“Two of my theatres are 1930s and the other five are by Sprague, the greatest Edwardian architect of the lot. They've needed a lot of work doing to them but they were built very well.”

“In the dear dead days beyond recall, when I was in my prime as a film critic, the industry was booming. Hollywood, to give them their due, always called it the industry, through quite a few...”

“I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights - anytime, anywhere, anyplace.”

“From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that I read avidly.”

“I got cast on 'MADtv' as one of eight permanent cast members chosen from 8,000 comics who'd been screened. For any comic trying to make something of themselves, that was like hitting triple...”

“We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources.”

“Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.”

“I can sing, but my voice is untrained. I'd like to do a musical someday.”

“We shall establish an united Chinese Republic in order that all the peoples - Manchus, Mongols, Tibetans, Tartars, and Chinese - should constitute a single powerful nation.”

“I am very fussy; I am very detailed; I nag a lot. So in a sense, I am like Mr. Ping. I am temperamental, I am emotional, I'm fussy, and I'm very exact. And I want people to not fail; I want...”

“Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.”

“Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.”

“At the extreme temperature occurring in the stars, matter can only survive in its most dissociated states. Only simple bodies exist on these incandescent stars.”

“Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do...”

“First of all I would make about 80% of the people law-abiding citizens again. The policy which is carried out now makes every entrepreneur and businessman a thief against his own will.”

“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.”