There is properly no history, only biography.

There is properly no history, only biography.

They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. read more

They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it read more

What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

Even the Germans did not succeed in doing the damage you propose to do.

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a read more

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one read more

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?

History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.

History: An account, mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.