David McCullough

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

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

When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That's when the sparkle started for me.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.