Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.
Stephen AmbroseWashington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.
Stephen AmbroseEisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.
Stephen AmbroseTo have some parts flowing free again . . . with deer grazing on its banks . . . ducks and geese raising their young in the backwaters . . . eddies and twists and turns for canoeists . . . and fishing opportunities such as Lewis and Clark enjoyed . . . would be the finest possible tribute to the men of the Expedition, and a priceless gift for our children.
Stephen Ambrose