But it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to bury the dead.

All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.

As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.

Though I bequeath you no estate, I leave you in the enjoyment of liberty.

The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world

Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness.

Behold, now, another providence of God. A ship comes into the harbor.

And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms.

The loss of...honest and industrious men's lives cannot be valued at any price.

The LORD is the help of my life

We could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beer.

The secret does not lie in the perfection of your path, but in recognizing its imperfection.

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.

...you can be talented as a wolf is breathtakingly fierce...silver and gray, like smoke in the trees - but what do you do with terrible beauty?...

Be real. Be you and don't you dare apologize for who you are ever again.

Television has a different biorhythm than movies. I love the biorhythm of TV.

I was a kid who sometimes got in trouble because I couldn't keep my mouth shut, which turned out to be an advantage when I became an opinion columnist.

I think I'm probably more passionate about acting now than when I was a kid. When I was young, I didn't know what I was doing.

Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.

The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality.

The best feelings in your life come when you start feeling good after you've been feeling just awful