I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable.

Slavery discourages arts and manufactures.

In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.

Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.

I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice.

As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this.

I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.

The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.

A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.

Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.

All men are by nature born equally free and independent.

Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing.

Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss.

I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable.

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.

We came equals into this world and equals shall we go out of it.

To disarm the people is the best and most effectual Way to enslave them.

Professionalism makes work relationships healthy foolishness and dishonesty erodes them.

It's hard for me to assess what I brought because each time you pick up a camera and point it at a person, you're trying to define that person so to talk generally is difficult because I have to think of a given image in order to conjure up what we're talking about.

In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.

I want to work on projects that I feel passionate about and do things that are fun and challenging. I would love to do a live musical. I'm not interested in doing the same thing over and over or the fame and exposure that comes with it. When people keep doing that, they just end up doing the same dumb stuff again and again.

You know just because youre a blonde type doesnt mean you cant suddenly do serious parts.

Pilot season tends to be grueling, because you can be thrown all of these auditions at once - last-minute, always - and you're going on three a day, especially back in the day.

Our envy of others devours us most of all.

The existence of a single atheist does not disprove the existence of God.

Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support.

The truth cannot be asserted without denouncing the falsehood.

My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity.

Be aware for there is a snare ready for a serpent.

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.

I have to do what's right.

The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.

The University of Maryland was an inspiration for me, and the relationships I made there have lasted a lifetime.

I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions.

Women tell me they won't date a guy with bad shoes. There are good-looking guys with good-looking outfits, and then really bad-looking square toe I-don't-even-want-to-mention-the-label kind of shoes. There is no reason for that. Again, invest in something that looks proper. A great pair of shoes can make your old outfit look great, too.

I'm not deciding what the artist is going to write about because it's the artist. They're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life. When they're old and they're 80 and they have their show in Vegas, they're gonna have to sing that song for the rest of their life.

It is terrifying to think of what a commodity art has become.

I am away so much, so I rarely see live TV, but I use iPlayer to catch programmes.

Marketing is a contest for people's attention.