Every accepted public quote

“In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer.”

“The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried.”

“I built a baseball field in the lower part of our property and I'm always working on that. I got a wheelbarrow, a pick and a shovel, and I started to build a baseball field during writers' s...”

“Dani's family are great, and I'm really lucky to have them as in-laws. But it's definitely not all plain sailing. They are such big characters who aren't scared to speak their mind, and we h...”

“I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich.”

“Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.”

“I would listen to artists like My Chemical Romance, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Blink-182, Paramore... all these bands were so unafraid of being themselves. They talked about their problems and wh...”

“American oil companies - including Amoco, Unocal, Exxon, Pennzoil - have invested billions of dollars in Azerbaijan and plan to invest billions more. As a result, they have developed a stron...”

“If you let go of fart jokes, you've let go of a piece of humanity.”

“Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.”

“In the present time you don't really establish what you're going through, but after time it's declared something. Right now there could be some writers doing something expressing their thoug...”

“But nobody predicted anything of this magnitude in terms of resistance. And in part, the magnitude of the resistance was spurred by our failures in reconstruction.”

“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.”

“My name is Bruce Feiler, and I'm an explainaholic. I first heard this word used to describe Isaac Asimov, and I knew instantly that I suffered from the same condition. It's the incurable des...”

“When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.”

“America is not nearly done. We're only in the beginning. Who knows who we will be? Who knows... what color we will be? It is all something that, maybe, our descendants - if they survive that...”

“I went to private school and then chose to go to public school because I didn't like the private school experience; I didn't like that vibe.”

“I like mixing high-end finds with less expensive items. I've been known to pair an outfit from Forever 21 with Chanel shoes.”

“The stereotypical successful entrepreneur is Mark Zuckerberg - the young college dropout who dreamed up a crazy idea while in his dorm room.”

“I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.”

“I'm belligerent rather than ambitious.”

“I was so honored when Diane Sawyer named me 'Person of the Week,' and like I told her, 'Diane, I love my daughter.' I cried when I found out when she told me she was gay when she was 17 beca...”

“All writing problems are psychological problems. Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged. If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so im...”

“One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, th...”

“Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.”

“Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn't mean I think other translators shouldn't attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end.”

“In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.”

“The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can capitalize on.”

“People banging away on their smartphones are fluently using a code separate from the one they use in actual writing, but a code it is, to which linguists are currently devoting articles.”

“Most of the early monks were not ordained. It was the pastoral work they undertook with the faithful that, over the centuries, gradually led to the present situation in which most monks are...”

“I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most Christian citizenship appears to be clearly right here...”

“Creating a structure for mutual prosperity requires lowering regional and transnational barriers to facilitate the flow of goods and promote people-to-people interactions.”

“There's no pressure for me to go out there and say, I've got to have a top 40 hit because it's not going to happen.”

“Each of us is aware he's a material being, subject to the laws of physiology and physics, and that the strength of all our emotions combined cannot counteract those laws. It can only hate th...”

“Education should not be reading about the past rather it should be about addressing the present.”

“It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like respect for human rights to grow around the world, as all...”

“I don't like to do what I call 'the grunters' - a character who sits at a table and grunts and young people make fun of. I turn a lot of those down.”

“Think how weird profit margins are: We've got high unemployment and financial crises - and world record profit margins. People think the American market is very cheap. We don't. The market q...”

“My behavioural problems are non-existent because all my freakiness, I guess, is manifested in a visual way. And I never have come unravelled.”

“As much as I love Antonioni films, I love the Three Stooges.”

“I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.”

“Unanimously we will confess and pledge ourselves to stand behind the Fuehrer and his movement today and forever and thereby to be of service to the idea of eternal Germany.”

“A speech does not need to be eternal to be immortal.”

“Before Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, there was the same sort of talk of young men sacrificing their lives so that a country might grow - that somehow it had been a great nation-buildin...”

“I have an idea for a Godzilla movie that I've always wanted to do. The whole idea of Godzilla's role in Tokyo, where he's always battling these other monsters, saving humanity time and again...”

“Being a writer is great, and being a parent is great, and I hate Marching Band.”

“Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do.”

“People like getting what they think is free stuff from government.”