Every accepted public quote

“I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.”

“It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.”

“In Barcelona, things seem so different. For example, I know that it's traditionally the least Spanish city, but you'd never know they had a monarchy, coming here as a tourist - as opposed to...”

“I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesu...”

“The mistake that makes launching a venture expensive is when you try to make a disruptive technology so good that it can compete on a quality basis with an established product.”

“I think the next big thing in music, and it's kind of because I come from the tech industry, is actually, I think it's the platform... Spotify is incredibly interesting. I think the platform...”

“In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.”

“No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when...”

“There are some great skinny girls, but it's about characters, isn't it? That's what I find attractive. People who've had interesting lives and tell you something that you don't know or are r...”

“Stop blaming other people for your own behavior! Own the truth. If you don't like it, then invest the time and energy to change it.”

“We need creative people working with broadcasters, making smart content to inspire people to be geniuses.”

“I'm hungry as an artist to find opportunities to contribute to the world in a more meaningful way than just numbing people through entertainment.”

“How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.”

“At some point, I'll have to go get a real job.”

“I've had mixtapes that have been better than albums I've heard from other artists. I take my time; I put my heart into it.”

“Live life king size and serve others.”

“Christian, you are the state lottery, the cure for cancer, and the three wishes from Aladdin's lamp all rolled into one”

“It's what you do in the dark that puts you in the light”

“Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not.”

“I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some diff...”

“I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.”

“The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.”

“When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.”

“My success set me up for life, and it meant that I could retire from the music industry at 27 to spend time with my newborn daughter and my wife. My time away from the spotlight allowed me t...”

“If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore.”

“I love Hunch, the awesome team, my brilliant cofounders - we're doing great work and building a great company.”

“Just being alive should make you late for everything. In case you've never noticed, the dead are always on time.”

“Families will not be broken. Curse and expel them, send their children wandering, drown them in floods and fires, and old women will make songs of all these sorrows and sit in the porches an...”

“We must have a blueprint not only for a guided economy but for a social order based on justice and ensuring the well-being of the people.”

“May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.”

“If we became buddies, obviously I'd start throwing some cracks at Him.”

“Imagine Him smiling down on you right now. Embrace His love. Remember, you are His most prized possession, the apple of His eye!”

“If buying art is to matter to us deeply, then it has to engage with our emotions and bring something to what one might as well, and with no supernatural associations whatsoever, call our sou...”

“China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of law.”

“I use ginger like garlic. I love it for steaming fish and making barbecue sauces or roasted chicken.”

“I'm always writing something. There's always some structure sitting around someplace. There's always things on the computer, things scratched on score paper, legal tablets full of lyrics. It...”

“The day we dispose of the idea of disposability will be a great one for the planet.”

“McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time .....”

“I lived in Alabama for a while during the dying days of the Continental Wrestling Federation. I lived in Montgomery and traveled all over Alabama.”

“Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?”

“The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you r...”

“Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise...”

“Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.”

“The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.”

“The crux of the matter was... the partnership between Richemont and myself was going sour for personal reasons, and you know, you can't have two people arguing all the time, so it was either...”

“You don't trade in the devil you know for the one you don't know.”

“Usually, when I write a novel, it takes me about 100 pages to figure out the voice of the narrator.”

“I wanted to show people that I don't just make love songs that are about purely being in love.”