The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.

Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.

Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good sometimes prevailed and sometimes did not.

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

Tell the story of your life with grace and candor. Sharing your wisdom helps others and delivers deep satisfaction.

Great mentors give great advice.

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.

Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest.

I'm always excited to be around other actors. I sometimes only get to work with myself, and it's so tedious. I was so excited to go to work every day, and we ran into work every day.

What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.

She waited for you in a thousand different ways.

I really believe in constantly trying to find and support new ways of watching independent art, because the old ways are not working as well.

I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.

My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family.