I remain the luckiest guy I know.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.

To say that the first casualty of war is truth is to miss the rather more important point that a principal weapon of war is lies.

That's the thing about fear. Death will kill you once, but fear kills you over and over and over, if you let it.

The sun dances in her and she has an immense joy of life

I am an invisible monster, and I am incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.

Be aware of your breathing. Notice how this takes attention away from your thinking and creates space.

Crimes lead into one another. They who are capable of being forgers, are capable of being incendiaries.

I mean, The New York Times actually had an interesting case recently where they described a detainee who was afraid of the dark, and so he was purposely kept very much in the dark.

My real hair color is kind of a dark blonde. Now I just have mood hair.

It's cool that you hear something, but what did you feel and what was your tactile and kinesthetic response to it? Those songs and creative sessions mean the most.

Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.