Every accepted public quote

“The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters to people are slim.”

“If Congress wants to reform our nation's air traffic control system, it must do so without creating new mandatory user fees and additional layers of regulatory bureaucracy.”

“He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing.”

“The demands of excellent NFL quarterbacking I always said took every piece of me, emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually. It was like it just took it all, and I think that was what w...”

“Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.”

“Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.”

“Bootleggers quake in fear of me ringing them on a Sunday afternoon. I call after dinner, usually.”

“I'm a Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic. It's a humorous way for me to describe that I'm not stereotypical.”

“It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.”

“Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.”

“The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.”

“I tell myself that after four children my belly is already so stretched and flabby that I have to do origami to get my pants buttoned. One more pregnancy and I'd be doomed to elastic waists...”

“I'll make a song with Rick Rubin, a song with Beyonce, a song with Lenny Kravitz. I just believe in making good music. I'm not trying to section myself off into just making hard-core rap mus...”

“Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.”

“Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?”

“I translated Beatles songs for my English class.”

“The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known actors are two people - who you are and who other people think you are. Life o...”

“The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.”

“How great is the mystery of the first cells which were one day animated by the breath of our souls! How impossible to decipher the welding of successive influences in which we are forever in...”

“About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by cele...”

“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.”

“For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. I...”

“As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known, So I turn the leaves of Fancy, till in shadowy design I find the smiling features...”

“We don't have to let extremists define us.”

“I have a pesky little critic in the back of my mind. He's a permanent fixture and passes judgment on everything I write. In order to placate him, especially when I'm endeavoring to write any...”

“When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.”

“In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often punished.”

“Actually, I think that a lot of the interviews and acoustic sessions and other things that artists fill their time with are really pointless and suck the energy out of the artist.”

“Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of thos...”

“There were happy days, with watermelon, and sad days of whiskey.”

“Ricky Gervais has jokes about people with disabilities, but do I think that's a healthy thing? Yes, I really do, because he's chosen his targets very carefully, and he's thought about what h...”

“I never want to become arrogant and think I've made a flawless movie.”

“Fragile economies and weak infrastructures tend to worsen the results of climate disruptions, a problem exemplified by Bangladesh's vulnerability to monsoons, accelerating desertification in...”

“Being in compliance with industry standards is less than 5 percent of what companies need to do to make food safe. Company after company finds that out after they have events.”

“They want to portray me as crazy, unhinged, unbalanced. OK, good, fine.”

“If Clinton is elected or if Trump is going to get elected, I think the polarization in Congress will be greater than ever. Nothing is going to get done. It is going to be so ugly, so partisa...”

“I just think too many nice things have happened in string theory for it to be all wrong. Humans do not understand it very well, but I just don't believe there is a big cosmic conspiracy that...”

“I've been no stranger to change.”

“There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the...”

“Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.”

“It is a medical fact that children can have a better chance in life with better looks, better health and more vigor if the teeth, nose, throat and mouth are taken proper care of at the cruci...”

“If I have children, I am never going to read them stories about finding Prince Charming because they will grow up feeling disappointed.”

“The moment somebody says "this is very risky" is the moment it becomes attractive to me.”

“Self-defence helps with your confidence, and if you ever find yourself in that type of situation, you are more physically capable.”

“The idea that you're made up of the people that come before you and you somehow have some kind of conscious dialog with your genetics - I think it's really deep and interesting stuff.”

“Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.”

“Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were...”

“Societies have been conditioned to believe that entertainers are just that, but I refuse to be put into the box of a puppet.”