Every accepted public quote

“You would think, because I stayed to myself and I was shy, that I'd be a good student, but actually, I was a bad student. I was in detention a lot, mainly for cutting, being late to class. I...”

“I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a self assured man could wear any color and he knows that. It's a dist...”

“It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.”

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”

“You want to be on your toes; You don't want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow by you as an actor.”

“I definitely like to throw a deep post or something over the top that gives a receiver time to run under it and score a touchdown.”

“I was a kid who got picked on in school, and now the guys beating up those kids were wearing red caps and using my music to fuel that aggression. But if they listen to the lyrics, the aggres...”

“Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.”

“I do not yet know why plants come out of the land or float in streams, or creep on rocks or roll from the sea. I am entranced by the mystery of them, and absorbed by their variety and kinds....”

“A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.”

“If there was any show I could guest star on, I would want to guest star on 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' because I am such a nerd and I love that show. If there was ever an opportunity to be o...”

“Definitely, 'True Detective' was a great example of one director, one story. It worked fantastically well. Well, I thought it worked fantastically well; I know a lot people didn't.”

“I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.”

“Being a black person in America is exhausting.”

“I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.”

“Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical. They make sure everybody plays by the rules. But it is a limited role....”

“My travels have made clear that people across this state - from every political perspective - are looking for a new leader in Albany.”

“I get so many different sounds that come within R&B and soul, so I just kinda pull from a little bit of everything.”

“Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem.”

“A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of the Norwegian people, but they also express that whic...”

“I looked at my competitors and I thought that, If they could do it, I could do it. And if, they are popular and doing well, I could compete with them.”

“Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.”

“You feel the pressure of going to university because you need a back-up plan, which is why I enrolled.”

“The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.”

“The Limbaugh Theorem was not about me giving me credit for something. It was simply sharing with you when the light went off.”

“There is no one who takes care of us as lovingly as our mother does. She is our living God.”

“My 2016 New Year's resolution is basically to stop using profanity.”

“The traditional way that society looks at healthcare is to let people get terribly sick and then have an emergency room to take care of them and spend a lot of money on acute care for people...”

“If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.”

“America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation.”

“I said to George, 'Why don't you manage me?' He looked at me, a little bit surprised. Then he replied, 'Sure, Sass, I'll manage you, but it would be even better if we managed each other.' Th...”

“Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

“It wasn't fun to go to school, because we had to wear these blue things around our necks. We had to join the Pioneer Society, and we had to salute with our hands over our eyes. Even then, I...”

“Woody Allen stayed so good because he never left New York. Howard Stern stayed so good because he never left New York - Mel Brooks when he just got out of New York was doing 'Blazing Saddles...”

“I'm not interested in more money for the sake of it. You're aware that if you're nicking all the budget, somebody else is getting threepence ha'penny, or the production values aren't going t...”

“Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.”

“I work out: I do a little jump-rope. I punch a bag in the gym. I do the treadmill. I do stationary-bike exercise. I maintain a healthy diet.”

“What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace”

“O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you, and I would hav...”

“I have not changed; I am still the same girl I was fifty years ago and the same young woman I was in the seventies. I still lust for life, I am still ferociously independent, I still crave j...”

“Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youthful things and learning how to exist and have enthusiasm while settling into the comfort o...”

“You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show.”

“Florence Nightingale. She is one of the most dynamic social entrepreneurs in history.”

“Britain has always had more art schools per capita than any other country.”

“Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like pr...”

“Our love survived love.”

“Getting in and out of the car with the halo takes a bit of experience. I struggled initially, but after a few trial runs I was fine.”

“The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too.”