Every accepted public quote

“I don't have any particular desire to see words making a comeback. They are of their era, after all, and that is their identity - they form part of the linguistic color of a period.”

“And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons.”

“I didn't learn black history in school. I had to go find Malcolm X books.”

“Growing old - it's not nice, but it's interesting.”

“I didn't have this tortured childhood; I liked it.”

“Industry looks at research and development for energy efficiency, lowering material costs, so on and so forth.”

“Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding he sings.”

“How was she created? I'm not sure if you realize this, but it was in God's image. How can anybody dare to speak ill of something which bears such a noble imprint?”

“To his way of thinking, the only thing more natural than death was sex.”

“The euro is a hybrid of a fixed exchange-rate regime, like the 1980s ERM or the 1930s gold standard, and a state currency.”

“Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.”

“Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of doing it because you want the adults to be approving of you. You want...”

“I'm in love with what a high heel does to a leg: how it makes a woman or a man feel. It's empowering.”

“It's overkill when you put too much fragrance on. It's the worst. Not sexy, and it makes me want to puke. I'm nauseous. Know what I mean? Your game's off.”

“Research is the historical novelist's map, constraint, and purest energy.”

“Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.”

“Proof' is going to be, in many ways, a mystery. It's not a procedural in any way. It's not a medical drama. It really is about trying to investigate whether or not there's life after death.”

“Every man must get to heaven his own way.”

“If you can't afford organic food and are unable to grow your own, it's crucial to wash all inorganic produce very carefully to minimize the toxins you consume. Soak everything for 20 minutes...”

“Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.”

“I have no aspirations of world domination through the pop charts. None at all.”

“I didn't realize it at first, but the Doctor is in the same spirit as those natural 'outsider' characters 'Star Trek' series have, like Spock and Data.”

“When I'm back in my country, it's like being David Beckham. But it's like that for David Beckham all over the world. It must be more difficult for him than for me.”

“Some of the money from the senior players goes to helping out the younger kids. It is from the players' pool, the fines for being late and so on. Some will go to something like the tsunami a...”

“I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my lif...”

“I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.”

“I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.”

“Why make a movie about Ayrton Senna? Someone who drove around in circles at 200mph in a car that looked like a giant cigarette packet? Why would anyone who isn't already a fan of Formula 1 c...”

“Germany is the biggest economy of Europe and we need Germany on board for the economic reforms of Europe, including, of course, the deepening of the internal market, resisting protectionism,...”

“Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.”

“That Hollywood 'LotR' movie really sucked, and was a true turn-off. That's what Hollywood always does, even to good stories.”

“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.”

“Nations keep agreements, keep their treaties so long as they continue to do them good.”

“We have before us the examples of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. We must remember how long these required to achieve their union. When a solid foundation is laid, if the mason is able and his m...”

“IBM has research and development; so do Microsoft and Nike and even Jose Andres. But there hasn't been enough R&D on feeding people in the Third World. This has to be part of the process; if...”

“I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he wa...”

“With so many young playwrights, the true craft of writing for living voices is not what it used to be. They write for attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts.”

“If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.”

“No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced a...”

“Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics.”

“Stressing out over how you look, what you're wearing, or when you're getting home is not worth it.”

“The phrase 'misuse of privilege' is becoming a free pass to tear apart pretty much anybody we choose to. It's becoming a devalued term, and it's making us lose our capacity for empathy and f...”

“I'm pretty crazy about the Yankees. When I can't actually watch a game, I TiVo it. I am also a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan. I don't tell many people that because I will get made fun on becau...”

“I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way.”

“I think the reason I love 'Antiques Roadshow' is that it is sort of like the lottery. There's the chance a regular Joe could walk in with anything and come out close to a millionaire. There'...”

“In spite of the advances of medicine, deathly epidemics are more menacing than ever before.”

“I see myself as a person who wants to serve the constituents within my district and find a way to move those who are not in our position philosophically to our position.”

“It is more important that we listen to others than to always be speaking, for in that way we learn what there is to know. We should be easy to talk to, and grateful for new information.”