Every accepted public quote

“I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character, and bound...”

“With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to be as good as the top pros. Same with golf: pick up a club. But not many can go...”

“McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determination, a history of resisting foreign invasion.”

“Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.”

“I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.”

“Without a doubt, the majority of historical period dramas tend to be told from a certain perspective. At least in America, black people have some visibility in period dramas, although it's u...”

“A novel is not an allegory.... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you wo...”

“Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.”

“Honestly, to me, the WWE championship and the Universal championship are the same thing. They're the top championships on the respective brands.”

“When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see thing...”

“You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do.”

“I would be remiss if I didn't praise Hillary for her excellent judgment in selecting my friend and fellow Virginian, Tim Kaine, to be the next Vice President of the United States!”

“The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.”

“I believe that our communities can benefit if they know about and participate in the U.N.'s various human rights forums.”

“we're lost where the mind can't find us utterly lost”

“We see that as 'Fortnite' evolves, it's evolving beyond being a game.”

“Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no lo...”

“I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming...”

“The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.”

“Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.”

“Like or loathe Donald J. Trump, you have to give him this: He's done more to shine a spotlight on the loopholes and fundamental unfairness of the tax code than any other American president.”

“I am astonished but not discouraged by my enormous responsibility. Devoted both from affection and duty to the cause of the people, I shall combat with equal ardor aristocracy, despotism, an...”

“The first Black Migration to this country was forced migration. It was the Middle Passage.”

“He knows he will be born again, And start fresh anew.”

“I loved listening to laughter even as a little kid.”

“I don't really like talking too much about myself, but I have this feeling that it's all clicking for me. It's all coming together.”

“I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart.”

“All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases even starved to death.”

“I freestyle everything.”

“I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.”

“All too often, technology is treated as a silver bullet for perceived problems in education. This sometimes leads to knee-jerk investments, using scarce resources to invest in software or ha...”

“I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secre...”

“But I think it's intoxicating when somebody is so unapologetically who they are.”

“Beyond racing, I just love the art form of running, of conceiving new ideas like the 50 Marathons in 50 States in 50 Days. It's the ultimate expression of what I love to do, which is run, an...”

“I'm not a complainer.”

“Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly po...”

“No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.”

“I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.”

“Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a general shrinking...”

“Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.”

“The horror had been articulated; it was out; its face had been drawn and could be regarded. Now, even if it could not be changed, it could at least be wept over.”

“There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.”

“I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.”

“I'd like to do a little bit more adventurous TV. Maybe Showtime or HBO or just a little bit edgier. But I would go back to NBC, CBS, whatever.”

“There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.”

“Faith has size.”

“I see a direct line between Kennedy and Richard Nixon and the opening to China and the detente with the Soviet Union.”

“It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.”