Ambrose Bierce

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.