“What I was most curious about was why Armstrong, a top U.S. Navy test ...” — Douglas Brinkley Quote

“What I was most curious about was why Armstrong, a top U.S. Navy test pilot, flying the most advanced aircraft in the world, would want to join the astronaut corps in 1962, which included chimpanzees and monkeys.”

“Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American.”

“One thing 'not right' on the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches is the sad fact that the Edmund Pettus Bridge hasn't been renamed the John Lewis Bridge.”

“We said that with initial LIGO, detections would be possible, and with Advanced LIGO, detections would be probable.”

“Nonviolence is pretty ballsy, pretty advanced weaponry.”

“I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.”