In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.

No blood has been shed under my command this far; and I am determined none shall be!

America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies.

Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.

It's not what you go through that makes you strong: it is how you handle the situation that gives you strength.

First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

I had an opportunity with Baltimore to make it to the World Series, and that didn't happen.

Because I had worked the river boats some summers, pushing as far as New Orleans, I joined the Merchant Marine.

In that way the long-awaited visit, for which both had prepared questions and had even anticipated answers, was once more the usual everyday conversation.

Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me.

Sometimes holiness demands that we speak up, but oftentimes it calls us to shut up.

I have no words for my reality.

Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think, and plan.