Every accepted public quote

“When I write music, it's very strange: maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors.”

“Whether you take the doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit.”

“Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.”

“My family are comfortable. We're enjoying life in Manchester and here at the club. The people have been great with me, with my family. We're happy and very grateful.”

“But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.”

“I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county. I will abide by the Texas Information Act in providing information to the public.”

“To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.”

“I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.”

“No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup.”

“Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer's.”

“You have Showtime, you have AMC, you have all of these, you know, incredible networks that are now bringing forth their product without the handcuffs, if you will, of trying to sell soap to...”

“The worst days of my life were in Iraq, and the best days were there, too. My fondest memories of the Iraq War are of the people - both Americans and Iraqis - and the opportunity we saw in o...”

“We have ended hunger, but now we have to end famine.”

“People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particu...”

“Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.”

“Meaningful innovation can be an important catalyst in encouraging resilience in seniors, keeping them independent and engaged.”

“Small businesses have suffered under the demands of Obamacare and community banks have scaled back lending due to stringent provisions of Dodd-Frank financial regulation.”

“I have to tell you, my seven-year-old granddaughter said to my daughter, her mother, 'So what's the big deal about Grandma Maddy having been Secretary of State? Only girls are Secretaries of...”

“I grew up in Florida riding horses, so for the majority of my life I was either in boots and jeans or a bathing suit.”

“I don't think I'm an angry person. I think I'm a person who's angry. I'm angry at the Bush administration; I'm angry at the right wing media. And by that I don't mean the media is right wing...”

“We are light, sound, color, and form living a physical reality. Add the element of love and you have everything.”

“Many financial advisors recommend that you diversify for your own protection. What they fail to tell you is that it is also for their protection. Since most financial advisors cannot tell yo...”

“Sherlock is a portrait of humanity - he takes nature's gift of thought and runs with it, bringing along all the human struggles, fears, and insecurities. He's the hero we could see ourselves...”

“The huge advantage of boarding school is that it throws you into the social fire. Every social interaction I've had since then has been a million times easier. Literally, ever since then, it...”

“If you're 30, 40 years old, you're not getting listened to by minors.”

“When I was younger, everyone thought I was Courteney Cox.”

“If a little knowledge is dangerous - where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?”

“I've always worked a bit like a cook in a big restaurant, where you've got lots and lots of things laid out and you go and look into one cauldron and you look into the other and you see what...”

“The space elevator's not just another competitive technology, promoted by people who simply like the idea of diminishing the luster of the thrusters. It would open wide the doors to space.”

“I have a friend - not a dwarf - who's an alchemist of sorts. He concocted a men's cologne... He gave me a bottle as a gift. I was thinking we should totally put this on the market. You know...”

“I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.”

“Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.”

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree...”

“One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.”

“I want to create or be a platform for people who have been labelled as a victim. I'm not going to be their voice; that's their voice. I want to allow people to voice their life beyond labels...”

“We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to buy because it's not perfect looking. Frankly, the stuff left to rot in the storero...”

“Slow motion goes one of two ways. It either makes it look really, really cool, or it makes it look really, really bad.”

“I think you're very lucky to find somebody you can coexist with without straying or going mad or being angry. That's whether you're Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton, Robbie Williams and Ay...”

“I always catch and release and don't even eat trout. I think they are so majestic. I won't eat a trout even in a restaurant. They are beautiful and so much fun, and they give me such joy to...”

“I simply loved all my life; loved is too strong a word, but I had a tremendous sentiment, partly conditioned, of course, by the reality of where I grew up, for the spirit of individualism, f...”

“No one was born a reader; we learn to build the habit of reading.”

“There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.”

“I remember, when I was a teenager, 'Pride And Prejudice' came out. We hadn't had a period drama for ages, and were all glued to it, and for the next three years, Jane Austen series were bein...”

“I studied English literature in university, and then I went straight into radio.”

“When you go out on stage and you greet the crowd, there's nothing like it.”

“God, come down, if you're really there - Well, you're the one who claims to care!”

“My sixth book, 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes,' was nominated for a number of book awards, one of which was The Quill Award, and they had it in New York at the Natural History Museum.”

“Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children.”