So I have cultivated the vast garden of human experience which is history, without troubling myself overmuch about laws, essential first causes, or how it is all coming out.

If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.

He [Columbus] enjoyed long stretches of pure delight such as only a seaman may know, and moments of high, proud exultation that only a discoverer can experience.

Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first.

A few hints as to the craft may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing!

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.

Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.

An historian should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place and period of his choice, standing apart from it now and then for a fresh view.

The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in complete genocide.

America was named after a man who discovered no part of the New World. History is like that, very chancy.

No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.

I just loved making words into stories by the sound of my voice.

I want you all to stand like the Muslims who stood with La ilaaha ilalla for Truth and Right

A young man with a very good past. [Fr., Un jeune homme d'un bien beau passe.]

As an investor my job is to figure out what will happen rather than what should happen.

Do not try to do extraordinary things but do ordinary things with intensity.

I'm a happy, happy person. I laugh. I'm not angry. I'm only disgusted with a few people in the world that I have to see. But I'm not angry at all.

I suddenly realized that a bunch of my friends needed babysitters and vowed to start screening my calls.

Style is a deeply personal expression of who you are, and every time you dress, you are asserting a part of yourself.

None of us is ever OK, but we all get through everything just fine.