His (Washington's) apparent paralysis was the result of balancing two imperatives: his reputation against the survival of the Continental Army.

If you knew how the journey was going to end, you could afford to be patient along the path.

If he (John Adams) could not control events, he could at least record them for posterity – perhaps the ultimate form of control.

Clinton had displayed his lifelong tendency to make enemies of all his superiors, who never seemed to appreciate his advice as much as he thought it deserved.

The strategic center of the rebellion was not a place – not New York, Philadelphia, not the Hudson corridor – but the Continental Army itself.

There better not be a God because I'll be in big trouble.

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways

I grew up in church and it's always been important to me. I've always had a sense of calling to do life and faith-affirming media.

First, learn how to report traffic jams, then you can talk about football. (on Bulgarian journalists)

Life in freedom is not easy, and democracy is not perfect.

Playing shows and making records keeps been getting easier and more fun.

I was a precocious reader.

Your body is just a vessel for who you are as a person. And until you work on what you give back to the world, it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside.

The best way to reduce emissions and pollution is not through partisan political theater but through developing consensus on areas that will bring about effectual change.

The great presidents are people who watch out for others.