"I'm not religious, but I've always been attracted to the rituals of religion; as a kid, Sunday church was the closest thing I had to an interactive, theatrical experience."

“One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.”

“The best thing in every noble dream is the dreamer...”

“As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential running mate. And I find it continually appalling that it would be a radical thing to have a woman on the ticket.”

“We would fight not for the political future of a distant city [Danzig], rather for principles whose destruction would ruin the possibility of peace and security for the peoples of the earth.”

“Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.”

“Animals interest me more than anything else.”

Source : "Five Questions For Douglas Brinkley". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. August 3, 2009.

“O that unbelievers would learn of faithful Abraham, and believe whatever is revealed from God, though they cannot fully comprehend it! Abraham knew God commanded him to offer up his son, and therefore believed, notwithstanding carnal reasoning might suggest may objections.”

“How do you make a small fortune in the wine business? Start with a large fortune and buy a winery.”

Source : Kevin Zraly (2009). “Windows on the World Complete Wine Course”, p.73, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.