History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story.

From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me.

Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born.

We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics.

War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare in a world divided into multiple states

I can see that you [Bruce Cole] are a true historian because you really always ought to ask that question about anybody at a different place or a different time: What's the same and what's different?

You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live.

You are mine for a moment, but you are His, forever His.

She laughed, and the duke might actually have smiled, though one could never be certain.

I sent my Soul through the Invisible Some letter of that After-life to spell And by and by my Soul returned to me And answered "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell."

Resist your fear fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality.

The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball.

The idea of beauty does not descend into matter unless this is prepared as carefully as possible. This preparation consists of three things: arrangement, measure, and aspect or form.

The fundamental level of success is doing the hard things first - If you go for the feared thing first, then the rest of the day is easy.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

I'm going to the lobby to sign babies and kiss CDs.