Every accepted public quote

“Online is not contributing in the same way as the high street in terms of business rates and to the local community.”

“In the deep inner silence, we can see the lights of consciousness. Everything else covers our minds with deep darkness.”

“To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.”

“You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.”

“I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.”

“When a company seeks a new chief executive officer, or a university a new vice-chancellor, enormous trouble is taken to find the best person.”

“I used to breed poodles. I liked them because they were fluffy and so cute - and honestly, they make a lot of money when you sell them!”

“Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her books.”

“I never fail. It's just that the people around me succeed more than I.”

“The Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn't, He would take us to Heaven far sooner.”

“Nobody should be allowed to fund political parties unless they pay at least 30% tax on all income above the median wage. If that rule applied, the Tory party would be bankrupted overnight.”

“I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.”

“If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don't feel apprehensive just before your first child arrives, you are abnormal. Though catastr...”

“In Washington, I am a leader on the issues that matter to my community, and I think that's what my constituents want, and also I think that's what voters want. Someone who understands them,...”

“Love of God, he said slowly, searching for words, is not always the same as love of good, I wish it were that simple. We know what is good, it is written in the Commandments. But God is not...”

“Julie' is very close to my heart. I have worked really hard for it.”

“Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of other...”

“I won't lie, I've had a lot of discouraging moments in the past years, moments I wasn't sure about things and doubted myself.”

“Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.”

“For me, my core genius lies in the area of teaching and motivating. I love to do it, I do it well, and people report that they get great value from it. Another core genius is compiling and w...”

“I love karaoke and totally hog the mic when I go out and do it with my friends.”

“A little dark chocolate in small amounts often helps lift me out of those blue moments. When I walk into my favorite store on Union Street in San Francisco that sells high-quality chocolates...”

“They're making so few movies that you really just have to make it. It's going to be the only way you end up getting work. I don't believe anyone's going to really go out on a limb and just t...”

“So you will see us continue to advance the state of the art or take information that we have in our response data bases and have that drive automation or an automated response by some of our...”

“I couldn't get to sleep. The book lay nearby. A thin object on the divan. So strange. Between two cardboard covers were noises, doors, howls, horses, people. All side by side, pressed tightl...”

“I'll fight a bear, but I don't like spiders. I'm not a fan of those.”

“I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.”

“If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it.”

“When Socrates said he knew nothing he still thought he knew more than anyone else.”

“Who was the real Hitchcock? I interviewed him once and haven't a clue.”

“Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.”

“My wife and I have what's known as mixed marriage. I am a Methodist, she is a Muslim. So we're keeping it in the M's.”

“Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.”

“We must be models for our children. We must treat people well on every level. We can no longer complain or judge people around us; our children learn from this. We have to promote inclusion,...”

“This is the foundation of the law of listening: You have to listen to understand.”

“In faith there is strength. In hope there is might. In love there is power.”

“To look at the work of your peers, and learn how to explain with kindness and precision, the nature of their mistakes is, in fact, how you learn to diagnose your own work.”

“Getting up to Zaire - getting ready to fight Muhammad Ali - I thought this will be a matter of just a little exercise. I'll probably knock him out in three rounds. Two, three - maybe three a...”

“Caucuses are different than primaries, and winner-take-all primaries are how Mitt Romney eventually took over Newt Gingrich in 2012 and why Rick Santorum left.”

“To me you cannot be fully human, fully civilised, unless you recognise humanity in everyone.”

“Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.”

“He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been lucky enough to find her...”

“What is problematic about Obamacare is that it is killing millions of jobs in this country and has killed millions of jobs. It has forced millions of people into part time work. It has cause...”

“Whatever Tencent can see, the Chinese government can see.”

“I miss Canberra. It's a great place to grow up in.”

“Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.”

“I was one of those dancers who they say wants to feel the floor through their pointe shoes. I would end up not wearing toe pads and that stuff. I would just wrap minimal amounts of paper tow...”

“The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.”