When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben…

If you want to be a great American, you have got to understand Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, how the American Revolution happened.…

— Walter Isaacson

In the late 1990s, I left the teaching field to write biographies and histories for young adults.

— Charles J. Shields

On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are…

— Penelope Fitzgerald

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in…

— Benjamin Franklin

Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots…

— Evan Bayh

This is what historians usually do, quibble about cause and effect when the point is, there are times when the world is in flux…

— Orson Scott Card

Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding…

— Benjamin Franklin

We believe there should be a huge area between everything you should do and everything you can do without getting into legal trouble. I…

— Charlie Munger

Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it meant that…

— Malcolm Forbes

I suggest...that you develop early in life the habit of retiring and arising early. You remember the advice of Ben Franklin: "Early to bed…

— Sterling W Sill

Ben Franklin and Samuel Johnson, he credits their wisdom for his success. "They were both utterly brilliant men. And powerful communicators. Both have helped…

— Charlie Munger

As a writer, politician, scientist, and businessman, [Ben] Franklin had few equals among the educated of his day-though he left school at ten. (...)Boys…

— John Taylor Gatto

We are redeemed one man at a time. There is no family pass ticket or park hopping pass to life. One ticket - one…

— Glenn Beck

Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben Franklins, Thomas Jeffersons, George…

— Elayne Boosler

Myrnin turned away to pick up his Ben Franklin spectacles, balanced them on his nose, and looked over them to say, "Don't do drugs.…

— Rachel Caine