Every accepted public quote

“I love to just go to the movies, watch movies, listen to the scores and all that 'cause that's, like, the next step for me.”

“I actually went to some Gamblers Anonymous classes, and I sat there for three or four of them, and I'm trying to figure out what I have in similarities with these other people, and I could n...”

“Look around on your next plane trip. The iPad is the new pacifier for babies and toddlers. Younger school-aged children read stories on smartphones; older boys don't read at all, but hunch o...”

“Baseball is a poorly run business.”

“If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?”

“Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.”

“We will burn that bridge when we come to it.”

“Start early to reach on time, because deciding to start just on time will be late, starting just on time will only guarantee some desperate efforts, but not the expected results, make sure y...”

“I grew up partially in L.A. and partially in New York. In L.A., anything goes because it's really temperate. There aren't any fashion rules dictated by weather, whereas in New York, of cours...”

“The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination, but the combination is locked up in the safe.”

“Before a brain can register a thought, a mind must think it... every step of the way is mind over matter... We override our brains all the time.”

“After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do.”

“In addition to the wishes of the client, the position, orientation, and size of the plot also play an important role in determining the final plan of the house. The 'where' and 'how' of the...”

“Farm to table is a personal choice.”

“Some of us have tough lives and find chocolate is a comfort and a friend. And some of us prefer a night on the sofa with Ant & Dec to hitting the gym. But whatever your excuse - and there is...”

“That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.”

“It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.”

“How can quality crime fiction not be produced with available subject matters as the Industrial Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, the creation of organized police forces, the dawn of forensic...”

“Egocentrism appears to us as a form of behavior intermediate between purely individual and socialized behavior.”

“So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?”

“I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed.”

“The first 'Half-Life' movie treatment pitched to us climaxed with a tearful reunion between enslaved Vortigaunts and their Vortiwives and children. The last one I saw had Black Mesa invaded...”

“This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.”

“We make time for what we truly value. We build habits and routines around the things that really matter to us. This is an important principle to understand as we seek to build our lives arou...”

“I apologize for my terrible interview skills.”

“Every success has a beginning, which is zero”

“The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.”

“I'm not as open as I used to be. I'm a little bit more filtered, and it kind of sucks, but it's the price you pay to get paid.”

“History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to...”

“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”

“I do believe there is life in outer space. Mathematically, there has to be, and if you believe as I do that there is a creator of the universe, then how can we be so arrogant to believe he c...”

“Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.”

“September 2001 turned out to be an unusually bad time to sell stocks: By New Year's Day 2002, little more than three months after the post-9/11 low reached on Sept. 21, the S&P 500 had gaine...”

“If PJ Harvey ever came to town I'd definitely go try to go see her.”

“To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.”

“I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.”

“To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.”

“Warren Beatty is a great director. I wish Warren would direct another film right now, because I'd love to do another film with Warren. I think that 'Dick Tracy' is an outstanding film in its...”

“Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out the window.”

“As concerning the things whereof thou asked me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.”

“Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.”

“These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.”

“You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.”

“I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching. Love, Dimitri”

“I didn't start my label out of a business perspective. I did it because I wanted to create a platform where new musicians can have the chance to get into a studio, work with each other, and...”

“Spiritually is finding the truth in you.”

“You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.”

“Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.”