Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course.

Awareness of mortality exerts a unique power to focus the mind and heart on essentials.

The nerds are the ones that make the films and do loads of other really cool stuff in their life.

You can be barefoot and have worries.

There will be people who hate everything you do. And some people will really love it. But that's not really different from the people who really hate it.

I believe in equal rights for all people.

Happiness comes from moving toward something. When you run away, ofttimes you bring your misery with you.

Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans, but I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners.

Investment success cannot be captured in a mathematical equation or a computer program.

Henceforth, the United States may have to determine how to cope with regional coalitions that seek to push America out of Eurasia, thereby threatening America's status as a global power.