What good would it be to fight a war with the British and end up with your own king? Nobody had any idea that George Washington would be George Washington.

Some things have changed, but there's a lot of what went on in the Washington administration that's just been done ever since because that's the way we do things.

A 'living constitution' is a dead constitution, because it does not do the one and only thing a written constitution is supposed to do: provide parameters around the power of officials.

Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable to protect us against the encroachments of government power.

There are a lot of things that are done in the federal government that are done because Washington did them.

I think there's no doubt that George Washington was the most important American to this time.

In fact, I think 500 years from now, the two Americans so far who will be remembered are George Washington and Neil Armstrong, who, amazingly hasn't been paid very much attention.

Cherish every relationship in your life. There are certain things in life that can't be fixed if broken!

I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.

Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?

Paint what you like and die happy

I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.

I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.

I was having coffee with my bodyguard. I didn't expect to be hunting bad guys until later. Leather before sundown is tacky.

Pressue is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

I take Peeta's face in my hands. "Don't worry. I'll see you at midnight.

Well, some people die and then they sell more records, go figure.