In a crisis, time was always the enemy.

He had been around politicians for a long time, and he was prepared for some outburst.

They loved the sound of their own voices. No decision would be reached anytime soon.

In spite of his Cold War credentials, Kennedy still believed in the power of words.

Being on the inside could be an addiction

It is difficult to trust someone not raised to doctrine.

Size and elaboration were often mistaken for importance.

To Tom, the march of technology was equivalent to the march of civilization.

Better to wait actively than passively.

The kind of people we have in Washington only trust what they think they own.

This isn't about your reputation. Our job right now is to make sure that there to ARE future historians.

He is the greatest mystery I had even known, one that always had me craving just a little bit more.

I'm at that stage of life where I don't even care whether people like me anymore. If you like me, Cool. If you don't, Okay!

Any way, is better than no way at all.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write; In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgel I will rhyme and print.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

There is a price to pay for accomplishment.

I mean in recent years, I think you've only got to sell thirty or forty thousand to get a #1.

My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture.