Don't run with the crowd

Rich people don’t work for money, but work passionately until the end of their lives

I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Never miss an opportunity to keep your damn mouth shut.

I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.

The hottest year in global [sic] history was 1934.

I should have written more. I should have written more during the period when I just liked so much doing the political work in the streets.

Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity.

No. The answer was no, I was not all right. I nearly got knocked out. Knocked out by desire! Desire for forbidden dissimilar molecules

I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.