Every accepted public quote

“There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.”

“Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.”

“I highly appreciate the work of Ed Woodward, the CEO of Manchester United.”

“I have a good memory for words, and when I come upon a word I don't know, I remember it, or try to - it's almost like a tic. I also just have a good feeling for how words are made and formed...”

“Jay-Z is a hero, Sam Walton is a hero - these are not exactly communitarian champions. These are - in some cases, literally; in others, just figuratively - gangster heroes. That's who is wor...”

“Know what you want to achieve prior to starting to negotiate. It's the golden rule but the one most people fail to heed. Without a plan, you allow the opposing party to define your goals ins...”

“The digital world is one that has sort of a unique characteristic, where it's a place in which it's very easy for the value of content to fall.”

“Laziness doesn't break you, it constructs you a comfort zone to which you will remain by reason. It's your choice to break free or remain its inhabitant.”

“Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.”

“Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.”

“Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.”

“She knew at times like this she was an anchor for him, a reminder that there was light and life in between the darkness and drying.”

“Obviously we know Bill Hader is funny and charming, but my question is, can he do raw humanity and naturalism? I think so.”

“Open-mindedness is considered to be a virtue. But, strictly speaking, it cannot occur. A new experience must be redacted into old categories. We cannot handle each event freshly in its own r...”

“I keep a little notebook of things that I can do to the zombies that might be silly and fun.”

“I don't think Albert Einstein could have devised an equation to guide the leader of the free world during the wildly tumultuous post-9/11 realities without a modicum of help from the opposit...”

“The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth.”

“He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.”

“I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a compl...”

“I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say.”

“Everyone who moves to New York City has a book or movie or song that epitomizes the place for them. For me, it's 'The Cricket in Times Square', written by George Selden and illustrated by Ga...”

“If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss.”

“Our gymnasium was remarkable and had more stuff in it than one could dream up in a nightmare. Furthermore, every boy had to use every piece of it during gymnasium class.”

“Awareness is simply seeing without trying to see the end.”

“President Obama's view of a free economy is to send your money to his friends. My vision for a free enterprise economy is to return entrepreneurship and genius and creativity to the American...”

“The only time you find success before work is in the dictionary.”

“Breaking with old friends is one of the most painful of the changes in all that piling up of a multitude of small distasteful changes that constitutes growing older.”

“I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society.”

“Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.”

“Low unemployment numbers are clear indicators that Republican tax relief and economic policies are spurring growth and helping businesses hire new workers while providing American families w...”

“Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.”

“I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.”

“The centerpiece of Obamanomics - raising taxes on high earners and investors and lowering them on the middle class - is attacked by free-marketers for penalizing economic success and possibl...”

“The initial research will be very indiscriminate. I do a lot of reading, buy a stack of books and read and digest them, and then I start doing phone interviews and archival research and then...”

“I write and film history; I don't make it. One can be a good critic and a moral observer, but one remains professionally detached as a writer and a filmmaker.”

“Protecting our Great Lakes and conserving this resource for the next generation is critical both for surrounding communities and our planet as a whole.”

“I like to focus on stories that need to be told and are not told enough. When I get bit by that bug, and the story is saying, 'You must tell me,' I then go through a process which is often p...”

“My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.”

“Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person. That's the only way I can find an ex...”

“I want to help my teammates, even if I'm a striker, because it's important to win back possession. But scoring is something incomparable.”

“You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you.”

“I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising, it's just a part of being a...”

“I was always very theatrical. I went to theater school in a conservatory program.”

“Quick as lightning Wild Bill pulled his revolver. The stranger fell dead, shot through the brain.”

“The accumulated knowledge of materials, computing, electromagnetism, product design, and all the rest that we've learned over the last several centuries converts a few ounces of raw material...”

“The best policy is to declare victory and leave.”

“I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people.”

“Turbulence is a life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.”