The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.

The author points out that the moral failure of Abigail Adams' brother focused her on disciplining her children, and herself, so that they did not come to the same end.

No sermon I have heard or read touched my heart with half the force of this puppet show. John Quincy Adams

Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence.

John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.

Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.

The two grappled in the quiet of old-fashioned personal diplomacy.

John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath, and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams

Our religion was the religion of a Book. Man must be educated on Earth for Heaven. John Quincy Adams

New friends can often have a better time together than old friends.

If you cannot find the peace, then at least hone the anger...

For me, having it all is being paid to write novels.

I'm able to reach a wider audience, an older audience. I can gladly say that I'm definitely not a bubblegum princess anymore.

They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.

One thing I would never photograph is a dog lying in the mud.

I think one of the worst things people can do is try and fight the people they've agreed to work with.

Contempt for others, like masturbation, is best as a secret pleasure.

I spent almost 25 years as a foreign correspondent, and the world's primary problem is poverty.

I have the show because I'm insecure. It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.