Every accepted public quote

“I want to win football games.”

“The dead man is on the trolley and the woman collapses across his chest. That's what the ghouls want a shufti at, like at that Princess Diana's funeral, they want to scrutinise those who rea...”

“I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.”

“Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which anim...”

“Tim and Fritz Lang I loved working with. Not Hitchcock so much. There was no communication.”

“Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places on an individual and, of course, a marriage were treme...”

“Having a goal is a state of happiness.”

“Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone.”

“At the age of 15 I began my singing lessons, and once I became a professional performer, I dove into acting.”

“The problem most nonprofits have is that they are run by romantics who are great to hang out with, but they have no clue.”

“Places We Love Places we love exist only through us, Space destroyed is only illusion in the constancy of time, Places we love we can never leave, Places we love together, together, together...”

“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.”

“A young ticket should never be envied, they queue for the bus the same as us”

“I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.”

“Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine, and I'll be happy for the rest of my fucked up little life.”

“Once you turn pro and you're making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.”

“I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.”

“My dad lived on Sunset Boulevard for a couple of years as a waiter, and he said he'd do a different character every time somebody sat down, just to get some practice.”

“I am very comfortable travelling and going into other territories.”

“That's what I love about geeks, that they can call themselves a geek and be proud of it. I love that. I even have a necklace with the word 'geek' spelled out in rhinestones, and I'm very pro...”

“I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.”

“This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social d...”

“You of the west,' Malik said, 'think of time moving in a straight line, from past to present to future. You eastern brothers regard time as a circle, returning endlessly in a cycle of decay...”

“Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.”

“If we resist our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our strength.”

“Pages on Facebook are allowed to be anonymous. That is really important. People start revolutions; we need anonymity.”

“The stuff I write about doesn't, like, necessarily leave people feeling warm and fuzzy. I'm writing in a territory that's, like, contested and full of prickliness. And I find that people pro...”

“It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.”

“Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.”

“When first presented with the jumble of the periodic table, I scanned for mercury and couldn't find it. It is there - between gold, which is also dense and soft, and thallium, which is also...”

“We Americans are a primitive people... Americans seem to have little respect for the law or the rights of others.”

“I believe in monstrosities, and 'I Am Abraham' is a monstrosity of sorts, raveling out moment by moment with its contrapuntal songs, as if a band of musicians were at play, all of them with...”

“I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.”

“I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out.”

“Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”

“Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.”

“I think the biggest thing was that when I was in college, I really concentrated on personnel. That was my strength, and I was, in essence, my own recruiting coordinator. And when I went to t...”

“Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.”

“What I want you to understand is that the words that our schools, our government, our media, our colleagues, and our family use have a profound effect on how you think and feel about life. T...”

“In 1975, when my students were kidnapped by rebels, I was accused of hiding instead of trying to save them, and of not giving enough money for their ransom. I wasn't believed.”

“I started at the Incognito Theatre as an amateur.”

“O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace.”

“Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.”

“Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.”

“If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and th...”

“Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts. Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it.”

“I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do then survive.”

“I understand that people want to see just the posh side of fashion, but fashion is a lot of work.”