If he (John Adams) could not control events, he could at least record them for posterity – perhaps the ultimate form of control.

If you knew how the journey was going to end, you could afford to be patient along the path.

His (Washington's) apparent paralysis was the result of balancing two imperatives: his reputation against the survival of the Continental Army.

Clinton had displayed his lifelong tendency to make enemies of all his superiors, who never seemed to appreciate his advice as much as he thought it deserved.

The strategic center of the rebellion was not a place – not New York, Philadelphia, not the Hudson corridor – but the Continental Army itself.

Laugh, and the world longs to be your friend.

Lailah, always remember that you are light that bring illumination to many people across the world.

Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.

You can take Saban's record when he was at Michigan State and when he was a coach in the Big Ten and put it against mine, and he can't compare.

I'm not going to judge what I do.

Sometimes you’re just the sweetest thing. Like Christmas, summer vacation, and a brand-new puppy rolled into one.

Try to reject war and give peace a chance. Question the powers that be and find out why they make the dubious decisions they do that send young people to war.

To make a revolution is not in the grain of our people's nature.

I don't enjoy trying things on, even though most times it's necessary. I tend to only shop online, which is so dangerous for me.

If you're looking for a unique solution, the last thing you should do is ask for a vote.