Every accepted public quote

“Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.”

“Our very first group was called The Prunes.' We did a lot of campgrounds, living rooms, and backyards.”

“I'm disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst in some people.”

“Religion is the most important of all things: the great point of discrimination that divides the man from the brute. It is our special prerogative that we can converse with that which we can...”

“I do hikes; I do swimming.”

“People are beautiful wrecks.”

“Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.”

“He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.”

“The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.”

“I learned early on about the real meaning of equity and inclusion, and that when those guiding principles are not met, they can have devastating effects on individuals, families, and communi...”

“We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.”

“The Lord commands us to learn and discover all we can in this life. There's nothing wrong with wanting to know the mysteries of outer space or the latent powers of the mind. The problem come...”

“I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.”

“People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”

“Some of the choicest blessings of my life have been the close friendships I have experienced over the years. Often, these friendships have been forged in the fires of shared experience.”

“Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.”

“Well, there are two kinds of stem cells: adult stem cells, which you can get from any part of a grown body, and embryonic stem cells. These are the inner- core of days-old embryos that can d...”

“Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.”

“When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.”

“But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.”

“The children who are 'our future' will inherit a world created not just by parental devotion but by the sort of zealous, focused endeavors that can preclude good parenting.”

“Sadly, I have disappointed the surveillance capitalists myself by not yet downloading 'Pokemon Go.' But I'm addicted to my phone enough as it is, and I don't necessarily need that helping ha...”

“I am a feminist - I just think the label reflects my beliefs - but, you know, we say 'Rookie' is a website for teenage girls, not a feminist website for teenage girls. That's not because I'm...”

“Gaga is a gorgeous singer, and when she sings a great ballad, I get goose bumps.”

“I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.”

“Each time is true, but the truths are not the same.”

“I've seen the video played over and over, and it replays in my head constantly. To be able to walk in his exact footsteps is an extremely huge honor, and I did this for him as much as I did...”

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

“The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to bu...”

“You tend to be more attentive when you shoot on film because, you know, it costs more, and everybody needs to be focused when you're filming something. Everybody considers it something valua...”

“Indeed, every book on my shelves is a key to a little vault of memories.”

“Boats are something I am very, very passionate about; cars are something I grew up with... I used to race cars since I was a child.”

“After 'Saawariya,' I retreated into a shell.”

“My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.”

“Never order food in excess of your body weight.”

“The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom.”

“The reward of a general is not a bigger tent - but command.”

“I don't think you can write novels on the road. You need a certain stability.”

“If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?”

“We never had it as rough as the kids have it today. Look at the price of a gallon of gas or a piece of real estate or a college education.”

“The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't...”

“Offence is no longer defence - it's a full-time profession. Everyone is so offended all the time. The new police force that we weren't told about: the moral police. No qualifications, no tra...”

“If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.”

“Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.”

“Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.”

“Part of me looks forward to a time when I have a family and a partner and I take less of my nourishment from social occasions. Having a little unit around me will make my working life easier...”

“I've created a new sound. I've actually brought back dancing and vibes; it's more universal.”

“The two things an actor dreads most are children and dogs.”