In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another.

The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.

The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7 and a half fathom water, 2 miles from the shore, clean sand.

I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant, and the more for a shower of rain now and then, that ushers in the wet season.

The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.

It is a fact that you have a calling, but you must also know when the time comes for its fulfillment

From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

Storytelling is not what I do for a living - it is how I do all that I do while I am living.

Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.

Every day brings his bread with it.

Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.

Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from

I have the ugliest feet in the world. But even if I didn't dance, they would still be ugly. My toes are too big!

There is no creation without faith and hope. There is no faith and hope that does not express itself in creation.

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.