The tribal pull of patriotism could have no better testimony.

Everything interested him and everything excited him.

William McKinley was a man made to be managed.

What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?

Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.

The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.

The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.

A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.

Duty was not untinged by ambition.

Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.

Even his own speeches bored him.

Don't lose today …for today is guaranteed but tomorrow is not.

Cut anyone and everyone out of your life that makes you feel small, hurt, humiliated, stupid, worthless, etc. do it swiftly and violently and without remorse.

I started out as a camera operator. I was doing news, and I was doing sports - baseball games and football games. And I was acutely aware of women not really being in those roles then.

One must always be careful of books.

The sure ways to create new ventures of discovery are to keep an open mind.

The first Matrix genius, the second one, what's up with the dancing? I haven't even seen the third one.

You never know who's going to kill you until you meet them.

One man can make another's life so much better.

My goal is just to get healthy as far as what my ideal weight has to be for my height.

There's no substitute for a great love who says, 'No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.'