I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more

I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a read more

The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?

Give the historians something to write about.

Give the historians something to write about.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Happy is the nation without a history.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

The long historian of my country's woes.

The long historian of my country's woes.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

There is no life that does not contribute to history.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.

History -- its what those bitter old men write.