To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader.

The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.

The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.

On the 28th the ship's company received two months pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St. Helen's, where we were obliged to anchor.

Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.

There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.

All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds.

[We] need people who are kind by instinct, not by effort. But that is what we lack in this time. For progress, we have eaten our souls up, and nothing matters anymore.

In the midst of our worried searching we recklessly abandon the treasures that life has bestowed upon us in the mad hunt for that which we wish to bestow upon ourselves.

Those who praise God abide in victory.

I'm trying to do something that I have kind've a clue how to do.

Words, like acts, become stale when they are repeated.

A crown should not sit easy on the head.

No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

I will die for the art & what I believe in. The art ain't always gon' be polite.

I am too slow to be a good climber, so I film instead.