Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots.

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened.

It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World.

The backward look behind the assuranceOf recorded history, the backward half-lookOver the shoulder, towards the primitive terror.

Sons of suicides seldom do well.

Before you open your mouth to say something, take a step back and imagine what you're going to say was said to you.It makes you think twice, doesn't it?

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.

Introverts are generally more sensitive to low-intensity stimuli - they are mentally alerted to inputs that extroverts may miss.

The Partition of Palestine is illegal. It will never be recognized .... Jerusalem was and will for ever be our capital. Eretz Israel will be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And for Ever.

The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader.

It's only arrogance if you're wrong.