Every accepted public quote

“Americans deserve a better tomorrow, today.”

“We perceive through our senses a person, a situation or an event, and in an instant, we project our mental models - our fears, background and experiences - onto that perception. This often r...”

“Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.”

“Politics is only worthwhile if you are doing what you believe, regardless of the slings and arrows.”

“To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop in the oats, to air in the lung let evening come. Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening com...”

“When we can get the incidence of HIV down enough to turn the trajectory of the pandemic, it will assume a momentum of its own in diminishing HIV.”

“Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.”

“Let's not spend resources that we don't need to be sending astronauts back to the moon. Let's not spend expensive resources on bringing people who have reached Mars back again. Prepare them...”

“Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think.”

“Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent underage drinking and alcohol abuse.”

“When your dad comes back from a faraway land with bows and arrows and spears wrapped up in a carpet... that's cool.”

“Yes, it is a rehearsed show, yes, it was analogy of going to see a play at the theatre, where everything has to be in place and whole things, everything being works, all works together to ge...”

“A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.”

“Two thoughts occur to just about any parent whose child is about to enter college. The first is, 'I can't believe how quickly the years have gone by.' The second: 'I can't believe how much i...”

“Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.”

“I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.”

“Nearly everybody I know does something to try to remove herself to clear her head and to have enough time and space to think... All of us instinctively feel that something inside us is cryin...”

“Convictions do not imply reasons.”

“The people of Montana want to send me to Washington - not to bring home the bacon but to slaughter the hog.”

“The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.”

“When we take responsibility for how we move through life, no matter our circumstances, we become like lions; with one roar we allow our personal power to be fully expressed.”

“All of us, who are members of the Germanic peoples, can be happy and thankful that once in thousands of years fate has given us, from among the Germanic peoples, such a genius, a leader, our...”

“Stage outfits are loud, outspoken, glamorous, fancy, and very different from normal day-to-day clothing. Therefore, by its nature, it is experimental.”

“My parents are the hardest-working people I ever knew: they always worked every day, all day; they had to come up with the solutions to make things work. And I think that work ethic, maybe s...”

“When our friends are alive, we see the good qualities they lack; dead, we remember only those they possessed.”

“Who thought it would be a good idea to undermine art in the school curriculum? Who thought studying the history of our visual culture was a waste of time? Who thought that only private schoo...”

“Toughness isn't that you've got to fight with the guy after the play or punch him because he punched you. That's not tough. That's dumb.”

“I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for...”

“I raced across the dunes of time, but could never count the grains.”

“Success is not served in a tray, To achieve it we have to make our own way, I would like to end by saying that opportunity is within, To fall down on our journey is not a sin, But our failur...”

“From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman. I intend to be in more action movies because, apart from Angelina Jolie, no other actress stands out in this genre.”

“I dance to the beat of a different drummer.”

“The music that I make is built on layers upon layers of musical ideas. I want to keep it fun and fresh to where listeners won't get everything from just one listen. They can go back to it mo...”

“Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.”

“Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.”

“I realised that in my last two bodies of work - the mural and the Chanel pieces - that I didn't use any make-up because I was changing the faces digitally, and I realised I missed make-up in...”

“I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.”

“If you asked me to seriously kiss someone on a screen, I would be very uncomfortable. But I will lick any part of your face.”

“There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging often overlooks the important role that courts have in pro...”

“A friend in need is a friend indeed.”

“Those born with, have a duty to those born without.”

“I have known I was destined to live in Goa the moment I first stepped foot on the Panjim docks from the ferry from Mumbai, when I was 18.”

“Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indef...”

“You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point.”

“The funny thing is, all my friends are short. I wasn't aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn't know they existed. I was sheltered.”

“It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.”

“I don't think life is about a pace, living slow or fast. I think you just live, y'know what I mean?”

“Priorities have to be allocated by the government because they have a complete picture of the country's requirements. If priority is allocated to a manned space programme, I'm confident we c...”