I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.

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.

Goutam Buddha

Now if you are told that some piece of information will come as a shock to you, the chances are that you will really feel shocked, even if the information itself isn't of the slightest importance.

That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.

You can be all that you want.

This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated.

Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.

Courtship is exciting and romantic because it thrives on the edge of disaster. It co-exists with the threat that, at any moment, it could fall apart and be lost forever.

Pure suffering has a consciousness, a tongue, a heart all its own and even the memory of it is but a pale unreality when compared with the actual experience.

You’d make an enemy out of me over a human?” The word “human” might as well have been “rodent.

I was crazy about Heath. And his blood. Erik was an amazing guy who I really, really liked. Loren was completely delicious. Jeesh, I sucked." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 20)