Gertrude Himmelfarb

Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Going to Catholic school was what fueled me into comedy. The nuns were so brutal so I used to try to make my friends laugh.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.