Every accepted public quote

“Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge.”

“I was diagnosed with ADHD twice. I didn't believe the first doctor who told me, and I had a whole theory that ADHD was just something they invented to make you pay for medicine, but then the...”

“An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.”

“My elementary school teachers were big on pushing kids to read. If you read a certain amount of books, they would provide you with incentives, sort of like what we are doing with the Wrestle...”

“The instant that movies became described as character driven was the instant when characters stopped mattering in movies. In other words, the birth of the notion of the character-driven movi...”

“Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.”

“Maybe my fairy tale has a different ending than I dreamed it would. But that's OK.”

“I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply in this country.”

“I enjoy all forms of music - pop, classical and opera.”

“I think, make it as beautiful as you can, and then rip it away. That's my sadistic thought as a storyteller.”

“It's a great battle, and it really is a battle, and there are people from all walks of life, you know, never judge anybody at the table: A man can be the greatest poker player and he might k...”

“Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.”

“I was a product of the society that said women are for decoration, and I do think girls should be able to do whatever they want.”

“I'm kind of all over the place, and I need grounding.”

“George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river.”

“If I see a spider in my room, I gotta sleep on the couch for, like, two days.”

“I started touring a little bit in 1973 in support of a record I made for an independent label. In 1975, when I signed with Warner Bros., where I remained happily ensconced for the next 24 ye...”

“I don't believe in an afterlife. I don't believe in a single or multiple godhead. I respect people who do, but I don't believe it myself.”

“What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but it is emotionally possible.”

“I think of 'Beyond The Clouds' very fondly. Yes, it has not been seen by a lot of people in theatres. I had anticipated more people would watch it. But that has to do with something I don't...”

“I had maybe watched 'The Apprentice' a couple of times. I didn't know that in later seasons they deported half of their contestants into tents in the backyard. They called it Trump's trailer...”

“If I had to read only one author, it would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez because I love the mystical, magical quality of his writing.”

“There is a relationship between the eye contacts we make and the perceptions that we create in our heads, a relationship between the sound of another's voice and the emotions that we feel in...”

“When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged...”

“It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor.”

“In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, tha...”

“If I have to get into a bikini, then I eat carrot sticks for three days.”

“Will be but corpses dressed in frocks, who cannot speak to birds or rocks.”

“You were right, Barry...Every second was a gift.”

“Tap is still the central driving force of my life. I think and talk in dance.”

“I don't think Trevor Noah got his job by being a conservative.”

“I needed a more interesting life. I could start by learning something. I could start with the starter.”

“The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.”

“Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy.”

“Great theater continues to bind us, one to the other, and most of us will travel far and wide to see a good story told well.”

“I think the hardcore fans can expect exactly what both 'The Hunger Games' and 'Catching Fire' delivered: 'Mockingjay' is going to be as faithful a rendition of Suzanne's Collins's world and...”

“The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.”

“The swipe fee reform law that Congress enacted in 2010 was a huge step forward in bringing transparency, competition, and choice to a debit card system that had been rigged by Visa, MasterCa...”

“To try to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy is absolutely crazy. Islam has no understanding of the separation between church and state because they don't understand Islam to be a church.”

“Our cultural conditioning is so ingrained in us that we often see these customs and taboos as inherent to the fabric of the cosmos. We spiritualize them. Legalize them. And when someone else...”

“Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the who...”

“Mothers who live vicariously through the success of their children or husband need to find their own identity. While it is wonderful to see your children and husband become successful, what...”

“It's no secret I'm a shy person.”

“A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.”

“What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change.”

“If you believe in love, you believe in miracles.”

“Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.”

“It's ridiculously easy to fall in love, what's hard is to sustain that love for life.”