Stephen Ambrose

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

The most successful food, I think, is food that both appeals to the super-sophisticated diner or foodie and to the lay diner at the same time.

Buildings are forms of performances.

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.