I should stop expecting so much.

Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.

Honour always wins, it is inevitable.

The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood, and for these deeds of horror and destruction men have been rewarded with monuments, with great songs and epics.

Only in England is the perversion of language regarded as a victory for democracy.

I just love cars; Ive been like that since I was a kid. Its an infatuation because we grew up poor. Cars was something we were always trying to get.

Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you.

The secret of awakening is to unconditionally accept this moment as it is.

I'm a big stupid history nerd.

We've never had a female President in this country, which I find stunning

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.

The overtime threshold is to the middle class as the minimum wage is to low-wage workers.

It's been very quiet, quite frankly. Nothing good, nothing bad.