They loved the sound of their own voices. No decision would be reached anytime soon.

He had been around politicians for a long time, and he was prepared for some outburst.

In spite of his Cold War credentials, Kennedy still believed in the power of words.

Being on the inside could be an addiction

It is difficult to trust someone not raised to doctrine.

Size and elaboration were often mistaken for importance.

To Tom, the march of technology was equivalent to the march of civilization.

In a crisis, time was always the enemy.

Better to wait actively than passively.

The kind of people we have in Washington only trust what they think they own.

This isn't about your reputation. Our job right now is to make sure that there to ARE future historians.

You greatest gift is who you are, not just what you do.

Great minds believe they will succeed.Average minds doubt they can succeed.Small minds don't even try to succeed.

The woods were made for the hunter of dreams The brooks for the fishes of song.

Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.

Puffballs of vanity when they're not being absurdly violent; wretchedly unhappy in their mental prisons and too stubborn to open the door and escape.

In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind.

If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream, I must be dafter than I look.

People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie--or even what you say, right? They care about what you build.

You have to realize that everyone in a band is all more or less together, and everyone has their own niche, and some people lead in some ways, and some people lead in others.

If I've got the powers of a god, then why am I so..." "Lame?" Sadie suggested. "Shut up," I said.