Every accepted public quote

“In God's eyes, walking on water is no more miraculous than the ability of hemoglobin to bond with oxygen inside a red blood corpuscle.”

“Doing something like 'Damages,' I played a character with post-traumatic stress. I was playing with sleep deprivation. I was not sleeping; I stayed up for three days at a time, drinking Red...”

“Question: Why does anyone bother to listen to economists anymore? The profession has become an embarrassment, and the most respected economists have shown themselves to have as much predicti...”

“I had always suspected that one could build an entire house from what went into the landfill, and, sure enough, it's true.”

“Other people were so unsuccessful at fending off love! Members of Congress who had affairs with their aides, or students who I'd known in college, girls who as freshmen declared themselves l...”

“I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most o...”

“We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period.”

“Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.”

“I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money.”

“I'm a peace-maker, I can fit into a lot of situations. I'm pretty easygoing. I have a lot of patience.”

“The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted it and we could do something better.”

“I have prayed in her fields of poppies, I have laughed with the men who died - But in all my ways and through all my days Like a friend He walked beside. I have seen a sight under Heaven Tha...”

“Some advice: keep the flame of curiosity and wonderment alive, even when studying for boring exams. That is the well from which we scientists draw our nourishment and energy. And also, learn...”

“A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.”

“Write until your fingers break. It may be the cure for everything.”

“As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative.”

“Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results.”

“There are characters that have made me uncomfortable. I did a film called 'Rob Roy,' and I played Killearn, who was this sort of greasy fallen-angel character who was voyeuristic and sleazy...”

“Fools, through false shame, conceal their open wounds.”

“You'd be hard pressed to find more drama in 'Days of Our Lives' than you do in an average job each day.”

“Silence in the turmoil of the theater world made me survive 50 years without speaking on a stage, only to say 'No' in Mel Brooks' film, 'Silent Movie.'”

“My father always encouraged me to get an education, but he was also a guy that, when he was younger, had ridden the rails from town to town to box and wrestle for money.”

“It's difficult to get success in football - you have to be in the right team at the right moment.”

“My novels point out that the world consists entirely of exceptions.”

“If the cap ain't on my Crest, if it's squeezed from the middle and not the bottom, there's a problem.”

“When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.”

“If Mr. Obama could walk across the Peace Bridge in Hiroshima - whose balustrades were designed by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi as a reminder both of his ties to East and West...”

“I wrote a great deal about the Civil Rights Movement when I was writing for 'The Nation' in the '60s, and also for Esquire magazine. Reading the biography of Coffin, it just reminded me that...”

“Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important.”

“I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page”

“My father was a die maker for 39 years, so I had a basic understanding of the automobile industry and what the manufacturing world was like, just from the opportunity to spend time with him...”

“We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.”

“The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”

“The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mank...”

“You can't be spontaneous within reason.”

“The movie portrayed me as this person who cussed every 10 seconds, and I don't cuss like that.”

“When you get out there on the mound, you've got what you've got, and you got to figure out a way to get outs.”

“I've had so many letters from people saying I've inspired them to take up riding, and that's an amazing feeling.”

“I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.”

“It's a small percentage of people who do the 80-hour-a-week high-powered career thing, and they're almost all men. Why? Well, men are driven by socio-economic status more than women.”

“But an Adrian also knew that an Adrian's lies were real: they were lived and felt and acted out as thoroughly as another man's truths - if other men had truths - and he believed it possible...”

“I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.”

“I'm pretty happy. I obviously have complaints about things, but for the most part, I'm on the above-average side of happy people.”

“Even today, I am still very child-like while designing. It's a bit like Christmas - each of your designs you create is like unravelling your presents.”

“When clients are involved in a crisis, we often start at the end. When this is over, where do you want to end up? What's your endgame? We try to start from that and work ourselves back.”

“All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps.”

“I've said this numerous times: I've been in the ring with Daniel Bryan, and he's the best wrestler in the world, bar none.”

“Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.”