Every accepted public quote

“We are honored to host the greatest players in the NBA in the newly transformed World's Most Famous Arena for the 2015 All-Star Game. Over its 134-year history, Madison Square Garden has bee...”

“When you have closed the Bible, you have neither closed God's mind nor shut God's mouth. God continues to speak, live and exist. I think we should consult the living God for the living word...”

“A real job is a job you hate.”

“A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries. A divided person cannot face life in a dignified way.”

“In order to have greater visibility of the larger cyber threat landscape, we must remove the government bureaucratic stovepipes that inhibit our abilities to effectively defend America while...”

“I trust that McDonald's can find a way to sell all-natural chicken without raising their prices; we did that at Shake Shack. It is more expensive, and we took a slight margin hit, but we did...”

“Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.”

“Some players have no idea how to handle life without structure. That's why some players get into trouble during the offseason. This is literally the first time in our lives we've ever had fr...”

“When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.”

“You've got to stay in pretty good shape to be a pro wrestler, and all the TNA wrestlers get a bit nervous when I wrestle them because they're afraid I'll tire them out, but the Olympics is a...”

“Nobody would say, 'I'm voting for this guy because he's got the stronger chin,' but that, in fact, is partly what happens.”

“It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.”

“Sweet peas should smell. Half the point of growing sweet peas is to cut them for the house; they should fill a room with an almost painful olfactory inarticulateness. But most sweet peas sme...”

“Having stared into the abyss of what it actually means for your life to be the leader of a political party, I'm just full of admiration and respect for anyone who wants to do it.”

“I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.”

“Any immigration-reform effort must begin first with border security and enforcement of the law.”

“Unless you're doing Shakespeare or Chekhov... the written word is not sacrosanct.”

“I had a sister who was killed in a motorcycle wreck when I was around 4 years old. My parents adopted her son, and so my nephew became my brother. He was three years older than me, so throug...”

“The wall is not a bilateral issue. It's not something that we discuss with the American government. Every country has a sovereign right to protect its borders the best way that they see fit.”

“When the Greatest Hits came out and we did that tour, I just felt I wanted to take a break, totally. Probably because, as well, I was so young when I got famous. I did album, tour, album, to...”

“'Freaky Ali' is not a heavy film. It's a simple but inspiring film. It will inspire those who want to go from zero to hundred. People who have made an effort to achieve success from nothing...”

“'Zorn' goes to some pretty ridiculous places, but the real comedy is coming from these little observations about life that are not as outlandish as some of the bigger moves in the story. Thi...”

“Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace.”

“Planned Parenthood has amassed a Third Reich-style death count completely legally and while pocketing half a billion dollars a year to do so.”

“You can get people to work by using threats or by promising rewards.”

“I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone. This is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close...”

“Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.”

“A dead enemy is a dead enemy, no matter how he is slain.”

“I think, for the most part, comics have devolved into fantasy for the sake of fantasy.”

“When your kids have school summer holidays, and you can match your schedule to meet their time demands for the entire holiday period, that is your money at work for you - aka Financial Freed...”

“Our national media refuses to report that even the Supreme Court did not say marriage was a human right in all cases nor did it say that the heterosexual definition violated anyone's right o...”

“Eventually, I want to have my own clothing line.”

“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”

“I have so many great memories of Christmas because we're always spending it with the family.”

“No one works harder at inspiring athletes all over the world than our team at Nike. Creating those experiences requires an amazing amount of energy, a steady flow of big ideas to excite and...”

“In our era of zero tolerance, I would surely have spent most of elementary and middle school shuttling between suspensions and expulsions, with an occasional time out for social studies.”

“A photon is defined as a package of light-what are you defined as?”

“An exciting and inspiring future awaits you beyond the noise in your mind, beyond the guilt, doubt, fear, shame, insecurity and heaviness of the past you carry around.”

“I've been asked for years to do a reality show. One of my criteria is that I would be given the opportunity to show a strong family unit.”

“A lot of American playwrights seem to have a career as a playwright. I don't consider it a career at all.”

“Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.”

“We're all going to die, all of us; what a circus! That alone should make us love each other, but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities. We are eaten up by nothing.”

“All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.”

“John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.”

“AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap.”

“God does not give us salvation because we believe. Our believing is only the normal way of receiving the salvation he freely gives.”

“I often feel like a pretender when wearing makeup. The most beautiful features in a woman are her character and her experiences. Why hide that?”

“After every movie, I always kick myself for the same things-didn't do enough, not enough variation, not enough interesting choices, too bland.”