Every accepted public quote

“I prayed often for deliverance from the pain caused by my decision to abort my baby. I suffered the threat of cervical and breast cancer and experienced the pain of empty arms after the baby...”

“I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.”

“If you're not vulnerable, and you're too headstrong and clear about the path you want to take, it won't help you grow. Vulnerability doesn't have to be a negative thing. If you take the righ...”

“We've done a lot to restore Liberia's credibility, Liberia's reputation, Liberia's presence.”

“Whatever final judgment awaits 'Bush v. Gore' in the annals of history, I am certain that the good work and good faith of the U.S. federal judiciary as a whole will continue to sustain publi...”

“Hearing 'no' a lot of times usually tells you either you're crazy or you're on the right track, and you don't know which one it is until you finally launch.”

“But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn't bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.”

“I'm a devilish kind of person, but I embrace it. I don't try to fight it. It's proven very well for me.”

“We never really write 'love' love songs. There's always something twisted about them. But as far as love songs, women just became way more important to us after we turned 21, as a band in ge...”

“I went to school with a lot of kids whose fathers and mothers were part of the El Paso black history.”

“I never realized how literally we battle demons. Often alone. It is a relentless skirmish with vicious wraith-monsters devouring us from within. We Fight. And resist for a time. Ultimately,...”

“When you do snack, stick with healthier options like fruits, veggies, nuts, and low-fat, whole-grain products.”

“My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life.”

“There was never a time you could get the majority of people in Alabama or Mississippi, or even southern Delaware, to vote to end segregation. What changed things was the rule of law, the cou...”

“To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.”

“Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.”

“Housing vouchers are a vital lifeline for many people I know in New Orleans and around the country, including struggling artists.”

“I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.”

“Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve....”

“I've never recorded anyone else's songs. I'm not interested. If you gave me a song by Bono and Edge and promised me a number one hit with it I'd still say no. That, for me, is not the kind o...”

“Every good deed is a sacrifice .”

“So much of the time people focus on the awesome power of Led Zeppelin, the whole 'Hammer of the Gods' thing, but John Paul Jones, probably because he was a session player, he put a lot of th...”

“As a chief executive determined to lead Hong Kong to new heights, I am keenly aware of the immense responsibilities on my shoulders.”

“Not everyone gets the 'Sunday scaries' or dreads going to work every day, and you shouldn't, either. If you wake up most days with anxiety over what the day holds or find yourself checking o...”

“The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.”

“It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.”

“I take full responsibility for the mistakes that led to my suspension for the 2014 season.”

“I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a drummer, four or five singers, and percussion. We did a two-and-a-half hou...”

“We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety.”

“Ultimately, what really matters is not just the experiences you have at a young age, but whether or not you are equipped-by your parents, by your genetics, by your education-to survive and d...”

“Diane Kruger looks pretty awesome on the red carpet and is effortlessly cool. I'm also a fan of Bella Hadid and Hailey Baldwin.”

“I just want to be known as a very normal person and be treated as that and be able to walk down the street like anyone else.”

“God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.”

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

“What's another word for thesaurus?”

“You can't fix yourself out of a mental health issue. You can't wake up and say, 'Today I'm not being depressed!' It's a process to get well, but there is recovery.”

“The return on investment in global health is tremendous, and the biggest bang for the buck comes from vaccines. Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective health investments i...”

“I will occasionally take power naps on weekends and agree that they can be re-energizing.”

“Jews are frequently compared to the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine,' an enduring signal for when the world is failing to meet its obligations in tackling bigotry. It has never been clea...”

“When the economy is difficult, people care a great deal about the things they spend their money on. Customers have come to understand that Apple's products aren't priced high - they're price...”

“I've always been a headstrong girl. I had my first child at 17, and it was a mistake, but I got a beautiful child out of it.”

“I don't want to tell people how to remember me. I want people to remember me as they remember me.”

“The truth of the matter is that I live on an isolated cattle ranch in the middle of Oklahoma and that's not going to change.”

“Life is not safe, and so our task is not to promise our kids there will be no turbulence. It's to assure them that when the turbulence comes, we will all hold hands and get through it togeth...”

“Success is assured when a person fears the pain of regret more than the pain of the process.”

“Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.”

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million d...”

“I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.”