Every accepted public quote

“Good poets have written in order to describe something or to preach something - with their eye on the object or the end. The essence of the poetry does not lie in the thing described or in t...”

“A lot of people are blowing Shogun's fight with Mark Coleman out of proportion. He was coming off an injury, and he gassed early on in his first fight back.”

“Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with the 'demonized' so that the demonizing will stop; it stands with the 'disposable' so that the day will come when we stop throwing people away.”

“A company like DreamWorks, all we do is make product. That's all we do. We don't own distribution. We are purely in the creation of content.”

“It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.”

“It is the task of the enlightened not only to ascend to learning and to see the good but to be willing to descend again to those prisoners and to share their troubles and their honors, wheth...”

“It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.”

“I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.”

“The marriage of a man and woman is the most enduring human institution, honored in all cultures and by every religious faith. It's in this institution that children are meant to be nurtured....”

“I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.”

“We have the idea of saying that put limitations on bailouts, so that the bailouts don't occur in the future, so that we don't have to do the - look to see AIG situations or Bear Stearns situ...”

“I'd taken the bull by the horns by liberating myself and creating a career. It took guts - it was scary and chancy - but they discounted me as empty-headed: some little piece of fluff withou...”

“Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.”

“A prayer, in its simplest definition, is merely a wish turned heavenward.”

“I would rather make my name than inherit it.”

“I don't really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.”

“You don't want to disappoint anybody, but you know, you lose your voice by trying to please everyone.”

“Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow's problems flow.”

“The grizzly bears that live in and around Yellowstone make up almost half the population in the lower 48 states, and now those bears are at risk.”

“I'm gonna forget all the negative press and focus on being the best version of myself.”

“When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.”

“I think you just have to cross your fingers that there's enough artists out there that keep producing interesting work, and eventually it will form a kind of wave that will force people to p...”

“The cry of a young raven is nothing but the natural cry of a creature, but your cry, if it be sincere, is the result of a work of grace in your heart.”

“We can help families buy their homes and invest in their educations.”

“I don't like to get too caught up in habits because too much structure can stifle creativity. But there are a few habits that make us more productive and are healthy to work into every workw...”

“Authenticity and respect go to those who stick to their own specific field of work. For example, I am a Biologist and my work is the understanding of human nature - that's where I place all...”

“It's kind of amazing how popular 'Grey's Anatomy' is. What other show can boast such an annoyingly sincere cast of doctors, sniveling through such perfunctory love triangles?”

“Combine a left-leaning upbringing with a family with direct experience of the Holocaust and someone with aspirations to write and I guess, sooner or later, that person will have a stab at wr...”

“Buffy's very similar to me to me when I was growing up. A child in an adult world, sort of trapped between the two. Does Buffy go to the prom or does she save the world from demons?”

“I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.”

“Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in terms of creative outlets and expressing yourself, it's ju...”

“What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, chances are everything is going to aggravate you, you're going to fly off the handle at eve...”

“Fortune favors the brave.”

“I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.”

“I don't have a fixed fitness regime, as everything depends on my work schedule and my fitness instructor. But I make sure that I work out 365 days a year for at least one and a half hours, n...”

“With women and women, I think there's an understanding. Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers, and there are times when we need to be nurture...”

“'Awkward' is a ubiquitous teen word to denote socially unsanctioned behavior. It usually implies first- or secondhand embarrassment when you or a friend step outside the rules. Awkward doesn...”

“In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.”

“Spanish children are too often ill-cared for, but despite the abuses of ignorant motherhood and fatherhood, such vivid, vivacious, bewitching little people as they are!”

“Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.”

“If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.”

“In major studio scripts, the girls are very similar. They're all witty and hot. I'm more of an oddball.”

“I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage.”

“In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.”

“As far as I have been able to understand, the Japanese seem to keep things close to the vest. Friendly but remote and polite to the point of being invisible. It is in the music, literature,...”

“It's human when you get the sense that somebody likes you or is attracted to you - unless you're just completely repulsed by the person - I find that my first reaction is to entertain the id...”

“Crashing could not be more inconsiderate to a host. It is a negative act because hosts likely have a particular plan for the event, an intention to move guests' attitudes in a certain direct...”

“The word must is not to be used to princes.”