Every accepted public quote

“I believe people are fundamentally good and want to find things that make life better for themselves. There are social dynamics for people that work, and there are ones that are pathological...”

“It's hard to understand the life that I live and rationalize some of the things that I do. I don't need someone questioning every move that I make, asking me why I don't just relax. When the...”

“With 'Ed Wood,' I sobbed. With 'Frankenweenie,' I was crying. With 'Edward Scissorhands,' I always cry. There's always an incredible amount of purity, even if they look a certain way.”

“A relationship will either make the majority of your life happy or miserable. It is important to take your time and make sure that it is a wise choice before making a commitment.”

“The scary thing is when I did my set in Texas everyone was excited. The show was great. I was done and the next DJ put something on vinyl and the difference! The quality!!”

“I went through phases of odd hairstyles and tank top-over-tee outfits and stuff like that.”

“Rising inequality is not a law of nature - it's not even a law of economics. It is a consequence of political and economic arrangements, and those arrangements can be changed.”

“There are a number of traits that combine to create entrepreneurial potential. We find that openness coordinates very well with successful entrepreneurs. The more open-minded you are, the mo...”

“The second truism that we must understand is that poverty does not create our social problems, our social problems create our poverty.”

“If you want to go high-end, that's great, but my dream has always been to make fashion affordable enough so you're not limited by your budget.”

“Madison Square Garden is one of the best fighting venues in the world.”

“A painter may be looking at the world in a way which is very different from everyone else. If he's a craftsman, he can get other people to see the world through his eyes, and so he enlarges...”

“It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.”

“Owning great landmarks such as the Empire State Building or Trump Tower or the General Motors Building or the Plaza Hotel - there are certain just spectacular landmarks - it's an honor; it's...”

“I believe I have the attitude of a champion and a winner, and I'm not apologetic for it.”

“I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.”

“And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for...”

“It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.”

“People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem.”

“Actors are like Swiss Army knives - we're ready to use any lever at any moment. But I learned long ago that, unfortunately, this industry only sees the one thing sticking out that they know...”

“In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret about all the other problems. Most of the time, they don't come true anyway!”

“There's an absolute surety to the hands-on conservation lifestyle of hunting, fishing and trapping where you know you're going to consume today.”

“I was doing illustration work, and the cartooning slowly took over.”

“I noticed that parts of the opposition have been hostile to any revision of the constitution.”

“I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you wo...”

“Trivially speaking, ecological awareness means realising that beings are interconnected in some way, but then we have to figure out what this interconnection actually means.”

“If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of pe...”

“For over twenty years, Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with those on the margins and those whose burdens are more than they can bear; it stands with the poor and the powerless, with t...”

“I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I'm a human trying to make it through in this world.”

“One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny, and had no natural acceleration. He said I'd be better off looking for another facet of s...”

“'The Simpsons' appearances were great fun. But I don't take them too seriously. I think 'The Simpsons' have treated my disability responsibly.”

“One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We co...”

“Aside from its parks and nature areas, Singapore is intensively developed, and due to the shortage of land, is building up, down and on manmade islands and landfills.”

“I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.”

“A satellite has no conscience.”

“Parents teach children discipline for two different, indeed diametrically opposed, reasons: to render the child submissive to them and to make him independent of them. Only a self-discipline...”

“The trick to taking the paper off the crayons...is to just do it. There is no trick.”

“The hankering of the mind is irresistible.”

“To realize that we are just a breath away from eternity takes a lot of guts and brain power. So, spend your breath wisely.”

“Captivate the attention of your customer by oozing credibility.”

“I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the...”

“The tyranny of Communism is as old as the Pharaohs and the Pyramids - that the State stands above all men and their individual aspirations.”

“The soap opera was so long ago - the thing about soap operas, and there's something to be said for doing it, but you do a script a day. I don't want to say it's a training ground; it really...”

“Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents, who he was crushing at the time, stop whining. And I think that's a good message for the Romney campaign. I...”

“Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.”

“The psychology of attraction is controlled by childhood traits undiscovered within the self.”

“Elon Musk with PayPal revolutionized banking.”

“The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.”