Every historian has informally an anthropology, without ever using the word.

Since God is silent, man is his own master; he must live in a disenchanted world, submit everything to criticism, and make his own way.

To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree.

My definition of modernism took a while to develop.

My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right.

People seem to forget that one reason they are now thinking differently is Freud's legacy itself.

The ideas of theologians are refuted by their adversaries, the ideas of scientists are refuted by their followers.

And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to understand certain things better by understanding them psychoanalytically.

With the passage of years, not all of Dicken's readers remained infatuated with his pathos. One generation's sublimity became another generation's kitsch.

I have always had a strong interest in history and finding out about the past can be remarkably helpful with working out the future, too.

What interests me, and has always interested me, has been modernism.

It was easy to imagine he’d just rolled out of bed and then it was easy to imagine him in bed and I wasn’t going there.

I hope we will use the Net to cross barriers and connect cultures.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

You can love your job, but your job will not love you back.

I listen to the gunfire we cannot hear, and begin this journey with the light of knowing the root of my own furious love.

Wow. Clearly, I need to find myself an ex-con. Since prison is probably the only place in this city I haven’t looked for Mr. Right yet.

One who lays claim to special privilege through the priesthood doesn't understand the nature of his authority.

No matter what you achieve in life, you're always wondering, 'Is there something I should be doing? Is there something I'm missing?

Never be afraid to expose a weakness in yourself. Exposing a weakness is the beginning of strength.

What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?