Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.

Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.

Dedication, Determination, and hard work will feed life into your dreams.

There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.

I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other.

The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.

In studying other cultures, we learn more about ourselves and our relationship to all things in this world.

You get to play with people's little danger zones.

Like any woman, I worry about my body.

Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.)

They will try to enter Baghdad, and I think this is where their graveyard will be.

It's difficult to paint every day, and people who say they do, probably don't; it's a very demanding thing.