Roscoe bartlett

Right now, success is judged by how much energy is used. Think about it, the person who is successful has a really big car; they take really expensive vacations; they have a really big house. Now we have got to have another yardstick by which we measure success because success can't continue to be measured by how much energy we use, do you think?

The family that is left never considered what she was doing as historically significant. I had short notice and had to get ready in a hurry. I was so excited. It was like I was going to the Academy Awards.

The bus boycott was instrumental in the desegregation in the community. It is unbelievable the atrocities people were living with in that day. The book tells of some of the harrowing experiences they had but I believe most of the boycotters knew the risk of their participation.

We're a nation at war, but we do believe it's important, through privately raised money, [that] we ought to go forward with the inaugural festivities.

You come to find out they have the same experiences and challenges you do: a family, balancing a campaign and kids. I wouldn't want to say it was a surprise, but it was good to see.