No blare of trumpets announces a modern crisis. In these matter-of-fact times, a telephone call will do.

A missile is a missile. It makes no great difference whether you are killed by a missile fired from the Soviet Union or from Cuba.

The northern soldiers are just men, ” Hal told the men in his command. “And women, ” he amended. “When you cut them, they bleed, just like us.

That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised

I don't read 'chick lit, ' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.

Huge events take place on this earth every day. Earthquakes, hurricanes, even glaciers move. So why couldn't he just look at me?

The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.

Build it, and they will come" only works in the movies. Social Media is a "build it, nurture it, engage them, and they may come and stay.

I don't worry about losing my looks. It's finding them on someone else that worries me.

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.