“An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her prepar...” — William Manchester Quote

“An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.”

“I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore.”

“Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.”

“Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.”

“He was a great thundering paradox of a man.”

“As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action.”

“If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.”

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

“The podcast 'A History of Jazz' began telling its story in February - 100 years after the recording of 'Livery Stable Blues' by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the start of jazz as a legitimate branch of music.”

“Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same.”

“The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.”

“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”