Every accepted public quote

“A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is effectively subsidizing some jobs ove...”

“Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.”

“Dreams are shores where the ocean of spirit meets the land of matter. Dreams are beaches where the yet-to-be, the once-were, the will-never-be may walk awhile with the still are.”

“After spending time with the rescued turkeys at Farm Sanctuary's shelter and seeing how similar they are to my furry companion animals at home, I knew I needed to do everything in my power t...”

“I was hellbent on going to drama school, but my mother, rightly, panicked and persuaded me to go to university on the grounds that a degree would be 'something to fall back on.' Whilst at co...”

“In calling someone a bad guy, I reassure myself that I'm good. I elevate myself. I call it the 'Star Wars morality'. And unfortunately, it underpins most of the stories we tell.”

“To be compassionate, you have to forget your own comfort zone and live well because you live beyond yourself.”

“Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”

“Forcing some countries to accept democracy is something that should not be done.”

“In seeking a lawyer, you are looking for an advocate, an expert advisor on the law and on your rights and responsibilities, a strategist, a negotiator, and a litigator.”

“why provide relationship benefits to someone who claims they don't want a relationship...”

“Only hope can keep a man alive in times of hardship.”

“The hardest thing about being a full time chef is leaving my work behind when I go home at night. I'll toss and turn about a menu item or forget to order produce and wake up at 4 A.M. in a c...”

“Growing up, I had an internal struggle with my body because I was really chubby. My sisters were younger, and they were all skinny and all cute. As a teen, I definitely had, like, an extra 3...”

“I always give my best on the field, but I think modern footballers have a big opportunity to make a difference in peoples' lives.”

“In a sense who you are has always been a story that you told to yourself. Now your self is a story that you tell to others.”

“I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.”

“I'm as religious as the next man - which is to say I'll keep in with the local parson for form's sake and read the lessons on feast-days because my tenants expect it, but I've never been foo...”

“The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.”

“I wish I had known that that process of figuring out what you're good at, what you want to do, and where you want to have an impact is not a one-time exercise, but an ongoing one. Instead, I...”

“Most people in Washington assumed if Obama made it to the White House he would appoint Biden as his secretary of state, a position Biden openly admitted he wanted.”

“If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.”

“And the reason I really appreciated this is because after the picture came out, I was invited by the American Psychiatric Association to give a lecture. I couldn't believe it!”

“In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.”

“Count your blessings, not your problems. Count your own blessings, not someone else's. Remember that jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.”

“I think what I love most about Oprah's brand that I would love to do with the Eva Longoria brand is she has purpose with her brand. Everything she does means something.”

“If you've got information about an opponent running against you, wouldn't you want that information - to vet it, to see if it's real information, and to use it accordingly?”

“An artist has to take life as he finds it. Life by itself is formless wherever it is. Art must give it form.”

“Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and across continental Europe the figures are more like several thou...”

“I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist. People write me letters...”

“Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.”

“There's a book for everyone, even if they don't think there is. A book that reaches in and grabs your soul.”

“Today, youths say 'Hi and Bye' even to their parents. Instead, they should touch parents' feet as a mark of respect.”

“In general, when moviemakers talk to scientists, they usually see them as a resource to solve particular technical problems or script problems for them. So, something like: what sort of weap...”

“The Minotaur lacks confidence in his penmanship. Over time the Minotaur has learned to read, has even been able to make the slow laborious transition from one language to another as cultures...”

“America needs to fully grasp the lessons learned from our history of fighting radical jihadists. There have been successes and failures.”

“I know from the bottom of my heart and with all of it, that it doesn't matter if at the end of your life you can say that you shared the best of yourself with the rest of the world and it do...”

“I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.”

“Language leads a double life - and so does the novelist. You chat with family and friends, you attend to your correspondence, you consult menus and shopping lists, you observe road signs, an...”

“If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.”

“All the good work in the world will not compensate for the damage that a single facet of the business, or a rogue individual, can do. Insider trading, environmental damage, human-rights viol...”

“When I was 13, I went on 'Britain's Got Talent.' I auditioned. I sang a cover of a song called 'White Blank Page' by Mumford & Sons.”

“A great teacher will invite every student to learn and to participate and inspire more and more learning.”

“I don't know if I owned a toothbrush until I was 19, maybe. I didn't come from stock that placed any importance on the toothbrush. But a couple of girls I met changed that. And I would do an...”

“I'm trying to adapt - they say you have to adapt to vertigo.”

“If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or baseball cards, or 1960s British comedies to policy minutiae and...”

“I'm really excited about my future plans, as I'm doing things differently and currently training like a Trojan in pursuit of becoming heavyweight champion of the world.”

“In the early 1970s, I headed to graduate school at the University of Utah and joined the pioneering program in computer graphics because I realized that's where I could combine my interests...”