Every accepted public quote

“If I'm in L.A. for longer than 20 days, I'm looking for work, because I don't do vacations.”

“When I came to the United States in 2004 to attend university at Stanford, I was instantly inspired by the stories and advice from startup leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond, who had endea...”

“I've ended up water skiing behind the Stanford rowing team as well as water skiing behind an excavator while it swung around in a circle.”

“We cover hamburgers, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, we've got a pretty broad range. To me, McDonald's isn't only about the food. It's about the prices, it's about the way we eat.”

“A heretic who recanted was made to embroider a bundle of sticks (a faggot) to their sleeve in reminder of the fire they had escaped and may yet suffer. The term once used against argumentati...”

“Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.”

“Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.”

“We need somebody ready to be commander-in-chief on day one, who understands there are no moderates in Iran; they've been killed a long time ago.”

“Archery is not a sport for everyone. The equipment costs a lot, and it is not easy for everyone to find a place to play. It is perhaps similar to golf, but of course there are more golf cour...”

“I will veto any tax increase.”

“Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.”

“Give yourself and those in need an elixir of life by pledging your organs.”

“One thing about me is that I'm very much like the Black Madonna. I love to reinvent myself and that's because I am a very free person.”

“I'm very monogamous.”

“Comedy can't be done in a vacuum, and you can't do it on your own. So if you have a community of people, it's a great symbiotic relationship.”

“When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.”

“Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.”

“They still don't want to admit to the world that this isn't the best and the fairest and most equal justice system. And that they are guilty of railroading people into jail. They don't want...”

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt ve...”

“The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved.”

“I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!”

“If you want to publish data, you should do it to share knowledge.”

“The U.N. charter bars the threat of force.”

“I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.”

“The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.”

“I had a really great performance with Steven Tyler in the movie 'Be Cool.' I performed 'Cryin',' so we recorded the song beforehand. But I didn't get to meet him until I hit the stage with h...”

“My guilty pleasure is elastic-waisted pants. And reruns of shows I've already seen 400 times on TV.”

“The Richard Ashcroft of 1992 would have struggled to imagine the path my life has taken - he would be amazed at the changes in my song writing.”

“The booking agent had the audacity to take 10 percent, so we wound up with about $100 a week apiece.”

“Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it.”

“Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment.”

“But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.”

“You need more faith in self than in God to be successful on earth”

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”

“The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Mea...”

“I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantasti...”

“Small business owners that are female, that is their number one problem, is access to capital.”

“Why do you like me? Why can't you tell I'm not that into you?”

“I did record 'The Chronic' in 1992. The year was not a total loss.”

“We do not want to alienate supporters.”

“People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.”

“The use of IV replacement of electrolytes and fluids should be in a time when someone is unable to keep fluids down. If your hangover is so bad that every time you drink a sip of Gatorade, y...”

“My number one priority is keeping our kids safe and protecting the health of the people of Michigan.”

“I think every school needs a protection plan with a either police officer or certified armed security.”

“I get home from work at six or seven. When I'm busy, I set my alarm for three, get out of bed at quarter past three. I have a cup of tea and read a magazine and take the dogs for a walk up t...”

“Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but Britons, too.”

“The impulse for personal adornment is hard to stamp out.”

“By far, the most determining factor of any brand is the product or the service the company produces. Branding companies have very rarely any significant influence on that, but it is, of cour...”