Quotes of: Theodore Keyword

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit.

H. G. Wells

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

James MacGregor Burns

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

Josh Billings

The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources.

Daniel Yergin

Face it, the system is rigged, and it's rigged against us.

Eric Alterman

There was a time when the one singular thing that held a marriage together was the threat of getting the kids.

Erma Bombeck

I was a terrible actor. The analytical part of my mind never quite let go.

Edward Hall

When its dark enough you can see the stars.

Charles A. Beard

Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror.

Caleb Carr

Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.

Christopher Columbus

I want another idea, another project, but you can't make them up. They show up.

Greil Marcus

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

Harold Evans

We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term.

John C. Maxwell

Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior.

Jon Meacham

Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.

Joshua Slocum

Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.

Dan Buettner

I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.

David Livingstone

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.

David McCullough

First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.

David McCullough

Once again I stopped listening to the news this week.

Donella Meadows

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

James Anthony Froude