Every accepted public quote

“In Latin America, people want you to write beautiful melodies and words. But there are also songs that do well because they show the reality of life.”

“If we long for our planet to be important, there is something we can do about it. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.”

“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.”

“If we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would be robots. And I refuse that.”

“What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows.”

“I don't much like post-modernism, because post-modernist has become the basket in which every mediocre person can shuffle things and pretend to do something significant, and we could also me...”

“I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumblin...”

“Believe me, the next step is a currency crisis because there will be a rejection of the dollar, the rejection of the dollar is a big, big event, and then your personal liberties are going to...”

“Parties are continually changing. The men of today give place to the men of tomorrow, and the idols which one set worship, the next destroy.”

“I don't want it to be comfortable for players to step in, stroll about and walk away with three points. But there won't be any old-school flat balls, cold tea or wet floors.”

“My son's a West Point cadet.”

“To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.”

“I believe the two biggest mistakes made by the Founders were giving Federal judges life-time appointments and permitting them to be confirmed without the agreement of two-thirds of the membe...”

“The best way to propel the economy may be to encourage different parts of the country to go their own way.”

“I believe in God - not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba...”

“Money can't buy happiness but it can buy a huge yacht that sails right next to it.”

“We need responsible regulations, not regulations that have gone wild. For example, the EPA has a rule that is going to be implemented Jan. 1, 2012, where they're going to begin to regulate d...”

“Really, what the government is asking Apple to do is to make every individual who uses an iPhone susceptible to hacking by bad people, foreign governments, and anyone who wants.”

“Blood donation is that rare and uncomplicated incidence of a selfless good deed.”

“We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.”

“Let the ruins come to life In the beauty of Your name Rising up from the ashes God forever You reign”

“I've been getting to work with Steve Carell and just feel like the luckiest kid in the world.”

“I cannot read on a Kindle. I love the physical experience of holding a book, cracking it open, and the process of making the right half weigh less than the left half. I only read hardcover b...”

“I just feel proud when they say in 'Forbes' magazine that the highest-paid athlete is a fighter.”

“We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area that we blocked out for them, then we will punish them.”

“Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I...”

“I am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me.”

“I think music can really affect people's emotions and, when I am about to get into a race car, I definitely listen to music with a good beat - that's when you've got the adrenalin pumping. A...”

“Adrenaline is a huge deal. All of a sudden you start hitting the golf ball a little bit farther. You learn to stay within yourself and what you have to do to calm yourself down and stay with...”

“The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.”

“Well, let's remember that one of the things that the open borders side always says is, 'Oh, they're just children.' No... the median age is 25 of a DACA illegal alien, and they can be up to...”

“We know darned well that in Bosnia, certain governments and the secretary had said tens of thousands are needed in Srebrenica and those people were never provided.”

“Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq? Something that some politicians very much wanted to push in the United States without su...”

“The body is like a car: the older you become the more care you have to take care of it - and you don't leave a Ferrari out in the sun.”

“And, until the pain of remaining the same is worse than the resistance of change, you will remain the same, defeated, dejected, frustrated and unable to move on or see opportunities in front...”

“I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life.”

“Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understandin...”

“The music industry used to be able to control a single dance on the very smallest level of when people are supposed to hear it, and when they're supposed to start liking it, and when they're...”

“It was really important for me to understand that I needed to provide for myself, and I needed to become a provider for my own family, too.”

“Much as I resented having to grow up in Des Moines, it gave me a real appreciation for every place in the world that's not Des Moines.”

“Here in Georgia, we continue to grapple with our own vestiges of hate. The image carved into Stone Mountain, like Confederate monuments across this state, stand as constant reminders of raci...”

“Sure, one can always get the students to relax and be happy - entertained, but although being laid back and relax can also lead to creativity, mostly it means that nothing much gets done.”

“In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

“From 1970 onwards, our culture told both sexes that individual expression was paramount. And for women, that was defined as the right to choose an interesting a career, a high-status mate, t...”

“When I throw a softball, there's no time to think about the motion of my arm. I just look at the first baseman's glove and react.”

“As women, we have super powers. We are sisters. We are healers. We are mothers. We are goddess warriors.”

“We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.”

“The fact is, Japan's whaling is illegal, so just because there is a natural disaster in Japan is no reason for us to stop opposing their illegal activities in the Southern Ocean.”