There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.

It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.

Great things have small beginnings.

Tell me again how much you agree with me.

Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law.

Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag?

People who read Anne Lamott, like people who read Anne Rice, believe that tragedy is romantic, but the people who read Anne Lamott believe it ironically.

I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason.

The only rose without thorns is friendship.

Whatever worked in the past, build on it; whatever didn't work in the past, break the chain that binds you to it.

But it’s up to us …’ he said softly. ‘It’s up to us not to lose this

When Howard Dean started saying some honest things, they hung him.