Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.

The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.

The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.

On the 28th the ship's company received two months pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St. Helen's, where we were obliged to anchor.

To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader.

There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.

All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds.

Seeing someone reading a book you love is seeing a book recommending a person

When we come in contact with our true self, we stop trying to be someone else. We fall in love with it and embrace it with all its flaws :-)

I'd been arrested many times by then. I'd been an organizer, so many things had changed over those three years [from 1965 till 1968].

One of the things about grief - I wouldn't generalise, because everybody responds to tragedies in different ways - but I had a huge amount of energy.

Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.

To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea.

dating is like campaigning: you don't reveal who you really are or what you're really up to until you get elected.

O ye powers that search The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts, If I have done amiss, impute it not! The best may err, but you are good.

Being clever was when you looked at how things were and used the evidence to work out something new.

We must build an agenda for speedy yet sustainable economic growth that is inclusive of all, is respectful of individuals, responsive to innovation and responsible towards the future generations.