Just as the humble, unassuming, assenting ‚O.K.‘ has deposed the more affirmative ‚Yes,‘ so the little cringe and hesitation and approximation of ‚like‘ are a help to young people who are struggling to negotiate the shoals and rapids of ethnic identity, the street, and general correctness.

Nobody has ever convinced me that race is real.

Jesus isn’t lettin‘ you off the hook. The Scriptures don’t let you off the hook so easily… When people say, you know, ‚Good teacher‘, ‚Prophet‘, ‚Really nice guy‘ … this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from – and with – each other.

I’m not looking to exclude people, I’m looking to include them.

I’m not somebody that thinks about destiny and fate, but I don’t walk away from it when something unfolds.

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Obscenity comes from grime.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

I’m the most boring person to talk to.

People think I’m a celebrity. I’m not a celebrity.

Those whom the gods love grow young.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes.

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

Never find fault with the absent.

What makes you a SEAL, what makes you a SEAL is being a good tactician on the battle field, understanding how to shoot, move, and communicate, knowing small unit maneuver warfare. That’s what makes a good SEAL, and so that is the course of instruction that I taught, was getting SEAL platoons ready for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.

If he invited you out, he’s got to pay.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories… We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that’s out there.

It’s hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I’m talking to them.

Syllables govern the world.

I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

I’ll die a crazy old man!

It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.

What a liberation to realize that the ‚voice in my head‘ is not who I am. ‚Who am I, then?‘ The one who sees that.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

We live in a day that nobody’s lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I’ll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It’s just an amazing day.

I think that there’s no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.

I am not going to be a mouthpiece for language that I detest.

It’s amazing: I am a New Yorker. It’s strange; I never thought I would be.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

If you deny people their own voice, you’ll have no idea of who they were.

I read so much stuff that black women say, especially about my relationship. ‚Oh, he left his black wife to go be with some exotic chick.‘ First of all, my girl is black: she’s Jamaican.

What is normal? Normal was yesterday. If you lose a leg, one day you’re hopping around on one leg, so you know the difference.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘

Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say.

A person hears only what they understand.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It’s like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

I know people said I wasn’t selling out in America, but that was entirely untrue. We sold out all over the world, and every night I looked out into the fans and those front rows that you’re talking about, the tears, the honesty, the inability to not be completely overjoyed because they felt accepted.

The second time around, I’ll understand that, as a husband, my wife doesn’t care about my opinions. I just need to tell her the things that will continue to help me stack the brownie points.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn’t do anything to you, but since you aren’t wise, you need us who are old.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

If the standard transsexual person wants to be regarded as he or she, my sense is I’ll address you according to the part that you appear to be playing.

I don’t have a problem with Hulk Hogan. People say things and do things, and who am I to judge?

A mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.