“When terrorists blew up the Marine barracks in Lebanon, Reagan was fru...” — Douglas Brinkley Quote

“When terrorists blew up the Marine barracks in Lebanon, Reagan was frustrated and furious, as Bush was after 9/11. But he didn't stick us in a war in the Middle East with no exit.”

“I think, along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks will go down as one of the two most well-known and remembered figures out of the Civil Rights Movement.”

“History chalks up Mr. McKinley's War as a U.S. win, and he also polls favorably as a 'near great' president.”

“I was into Jacques Cousteau as a kid and started scuba-diving around 14, which blew my mind. It was all colour, another world.”

“I was a millionaire twice over and half again before I was twenty-one. I stole every nickel of it and blew the bulk of the bundle on fine threads, gourmet foods, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes, fine wheels, and other sensual goodies.”

“'Twilight' was a cult film, and the books were huge, but after 'New Moon,' it really blew up.”