No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to

Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

My wife, the star I steer by.

Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.

We're part of a mixed marriage -- he's male

The world is drowning in weirdness and lies......and here we are, so used to it that we're actually bored!

Parents should never have to bury their own children.

The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.

Being a square keeps you from going around in circles.

Every day is a new opportunity to make your life a story worth telling.

In antihistory, time is an illusion.

I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that.

Children are best corrected to the point of their understanding, not to the extent of a parent's frustration.

Giving advice isn't as risky as people say. Few ever take it anyway.