Every accepted public quote

“In her second career as a minister, my mother defied a legacy of chauvinism to become a leader of our community, overseeing a church that served as a hub, offering parenting classes, a food...”

“A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.”

“Holding people presumed to be innocent in jail pre-trial simply because they cannot afford to pay their bail extracts huge human and financial costs.”

“I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a group of marine scientists. Late in the day, a 5-foot long blue shark swam into our chum...”

“Dumbness comes from the fact that a child is born deaf and that it consequently never learns how to articulate, for it is by the medium of hearing that such instruction is acquired.”

“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”

“At the age of 18, I went to West Point, and I swore an oath to defend this Constitution, and I embraced a motto called duty and honor and country. And I've lived my life in accordance with t...”

“The world's best when I was growing up was Pele and he would have been a great player now, too, but Messi surpasses him.”

“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”

“Benedict's spending down his energy was a function of his fighting against the Space/Information Age's relentless pressure on the concept of hierarchy, the restoration of which he had, follo...”

“I was mainly raised by a working mum who didn't have much time or inclination for making food. So I had three or four basic meals: fish fingers and a tomato; a packet scotch egg and a tomato...”

“I was struck by Suu Kyi's warmth and generosity. No matter how petite she looks, she exudes amazing strength. More than anything else, I felt like I already knew her, like she was an old fri...”

“One seldom expects the country's president to adequately note the passing of a rocker, but Jimmy Carter's assessment of Elvis Presley's appeal - 'energy, rebelliousness and good humor' - is...”

“We support every effort to combat international terrorism through the formulation of international conventions and hope that the international community will take further steps to improve th...”

“The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.”

“Jehovah God is truly rich far beyond the imagination of humankind.”

“People go through so much in life - financially, physically, mentally, and emotionally. So I don't look at the ups and downs as anything but a negligible area.”

“I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.”

“I visualise what I want through meditation. The process of meditating is a great way of making sure I have my priorities sorted. It's not about money - I focus on my career and the kind of f...”

“The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.”

“Better to be without logic than without feeling.”

“To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a...”

“America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America should continue to embrace those qualities which...”

“Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided u...”

“I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.”

“Paris is a Roach Motel for top American journalists: They check in, having won the plum foreign posting, but never leave.”

“People are not used to seeing an older woman on screen, unless she's playing a character role. Why can't they make a movie about a woman who's forty-five who's falling in love or getting div...”

“I went through a long period where I was afraid of doing things I wanted to do, and you get your courage back, which is what's important.”

“I love the grocery store. I would never have my groceries delivered.”

“With families, your priorities shift. You're not going to be like, 'Let's go out on tour year-round.' I have kids in school. You have to lay things out.”

“A relationship is very likely to initially make us pretend we are someone we are not; a friendship, to eventually make us pretend we are still someone we used to be.”

“I just am a snob when it comes to humor.”

“if we must both be right. we will lose each other.”

“Silence can be the birthing in which God's doing a new thing. We may not visually see it, but that doesn't mean it's not happening.”

“People will run up to me with tears in their eyes and say, 'You're Ashley Graham?' and I match their enthusiasm and respond, 'Yes, I am!' and all they say is, 'Thank you so much.'”

“Love is not what you say, love is what you do.”

“Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.”

“After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.”

“Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you? Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is grea...”

“My mom's a children's television writer, so I was involved and around from a very young age. When I was eight, I did my first film with Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown, who are a quite well-resp...”

“We're growing into an entertainment medium as opposed to 'We make games. We make Mario jump.' We no longer have to focus so hard on the technical hurdles and can ask, as a player, why am I d...”

“A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.”

“A cardinal principle that we must not stray from - no exceptions - is that your genetic information is your business in terms of who sees it. Nobody should be gaining access to that informat...”

“I performed in a bowling alley before while people were still bowling. Cut the check, and I will perform anywhere.”

“People don't realize how sick Amanda Nunes is. She beats some of the UFC bantamweight males in the gym.”

“When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.”

“When it comes to tackling your financial goals, whatever they might be, there's no time like the present.”

“Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden.”