From the beginning there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.

There's never been a nation like the United States ever. It begins with the principles of our founding documents principles that recognize that our rights come from God not from our government.

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic accountable and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.

The instant formal government is abolished society begins to act. A general association takes place and common interest produces common security.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods and of every good to man.

Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah everything is beautiful.

God may be in the details but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them there's no turning back.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing but you could see it a whole lot better.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination how can we be very far from the beginning?

The civil unrest of recent days must come to an end and the healing process must begin for the future of the community. We will provide assistance both in ending the violence and enabling the healing process in Benton Harbor.

If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.

Most people are prisoners thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present and the present is where everything begins.

We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can learn what we can improve the solutions and pass them on.

The future is always beginning now.

Even though the future seems far away it is actually beginning right now.

It's funny because 'The Book of Mormon' is 'The Book of Mormon' now. When I was doing it at the very beginning and I was a part of it for four years and always believed in it I never really knew if it was going to be more than a convention for 'South Park' fans.

Everything seems fine until you're about 40. Then something is definitely beginning to go wrong. And you look in the mirror with your old habit of thinking 'While I accept that everyone grows old and dies it's a funny thing but I'm an exception to that rule.'

That's a funny thing fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful people say 'Don't go changing.' Well that's easy to say but the fact is you don't change at all - other people do.

On the stage you're there it's live. There's a beginning a middle an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

You know I've always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end.