Man has long found solace in good talk to offset bad conduct.

Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best.

Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another.

Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.

History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of all unfamiliar situations.

To become historically-minded is to be grown-up.

In its amplest meaning History includes every trace and vestige of everything that man has done or thought since first he appeared on the earth.

I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.

They shared an image of the American Christmas--riches, reconciliations, tears, snow, success, sentiment, furs and firs, the shop windows shining like Heaven and everything good for sale.

I just want to help people do better research.

You tell them - you tell them there's a cost.....Every decision we make in life, there's always a cost.

Many parents make the mistake of giving love and approval to their children only when their children do something that they want them to do.

I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

The more I examine the issue of clutter, the more effort I put into combating it, because it really does act as a weight.

Smile. It is sunshine to others.

The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing.

I push everyone I love away." He shrugged. "I don't mind you pushing me away if it means you love me, little sister.

I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.