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

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

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

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.

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.

Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.

And the answer is yes. I have loved you. I always have, and I always will.

We cannot just look at a country by looking at charts, graphs, and modelling the economy. Behind the numbers there are people.

Our generation does not want its epitaph to read, 'We kept charity overhead low.' We want it to read that we changed the world.

I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth.

Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.

To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.

Killing a pig for a good old fry-up is one thing. But there's no excuse for being cruel, even if you're a bored teenage kid.

Any poll is a picture of an unfinished horse race except the Election Day polls.

A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.