Every accepted public quote

“Keats mourned that the rainbow, which as a boy had been for him a magic thing, had lost its glory because the physicists had found it resulted merely from the refraction of the sunlight by t...”

“I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison.”

“Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs).”

“I've written a number of books that have to do with the evolution of humans, human intelligence, human emotions.”

“'Raging Bull' was staggering to work on. I was well aware of how lucky I was to be in this extraordinary situation. That film is very unique. It stands on its own. It's just burned into the...”

“Even the boy who cried wolf was right about the wolf once.”

“America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factor...”

“Technological change is never an isolated phenomenon. This revolution takes place inside a complex ecosystem which comprises business, governmental and societal dimensions. To make a country...”

“Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs.”

“Castro has been a teacher for me. A master. Not on ideology but on strategy.”

“The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.”

“Sometimes you need to seek help from professionals. Do not shy away from talking to someone. Fear of failure can be a disease in itself.”

“Humans have the ability to rewrite history. Within a few decades it is not even questioned. Stories of the past become as real as the world you walk through today. Wars are waged over false...”

“I do not view myself as a psychedelic person but as a yogi. Although most link the Beatles with bringing awareness of yoga to the public, it was myself who actually brought yoga into the mai...”

“I tended to be hard on the egos of a certain kind of men. The ones who normally swept women off their feet had never moved me much, because I'd always felt that if they swept me off my feet...”

“A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.”

“I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?”

“What I like to do is get the family in the pick-up truck... and then we just go for a drive. That's it!”

“My family was very conservative, and I had a traditional upbringing. I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the lov...”

“Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.”

“I think Marvel's incredibly supportive of young auteurs and really let them do their thing and support their vision. They give you a sandbox to play in, but it's a pretty massive one.”

“I always say that countries that keep women in the backseat will always end up on the wrong side of history.”

“Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time, and sometimes it seemed to me that her abandonment touched that strange mathematical point of endlessness, a point wit...”

“there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .”

“'Never change' is the thing that probably high school students have written in each other's yearbooks for time immemorial. They think that command is possible!”

“I have been through highs and lows in this journey of life. I have experienced ecstatic happiness and utter sadness in my life. While undertaking this journey of life, I have come to the rea...”

“But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail w...”

“When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.”

“I actually used to smile a lot in pictures. I think I only stopped smiling when I got into fashion. Fashion stole my smile!”

“A film like 'The Sixth Sense' burns an image of who you are into people's minds.”

“It calmed me down to see that most of the time no-one gets the scene on the first take.”

“It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.”

“The darker the chocolate is, the more antioxidants it contains. So when eaten in moderation - just a few bites from a well-made dark chocolate bar, for instance - there's no need to feel bad...”

“In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated...”

“Five and forty steps the sky will burn. Fire approaching the large new city. Instantly a great thin flame will leap, when someone will want to test the Normans.”

“I want to be an executive producer.”

“Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class of poor peasants, you represent things in such a way, as if we in Western Europe are also going to have that help.”

“I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice.”

“What I enjoy the most about being Filipino is our culture.”

“The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.”

“I'm on my phone 24-7. I see everything. I hear everything. I am the voice of the streets.”

“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.”

“I am not a man of God, I am too little to be that, but once in a while I like to believe in that thing called destiny.”

“Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.”

“For many, long-term friendships, rather than family ties, are the foundations for sustainable lives.”

“Ninety percent of my best friends back home are plumbers, electricians, builders, or landscapers. Most of our dads worked in trades.”

“I always approach every play based on the cast. When Denzel and I did 'Fences,' I didn't go to rehearsals and say, 'OK, James Earl Jones did a wonderful job in '87. Let me see if you can com...”

“People get stupid when they're in love; people want what they can't have; and the years between ages twelve and eighteen always, always suck.”