Andrew R. Mares

“Parents owed their children admonition and discipline, not expressive sentiment.”
― Fred Kaplan, John Quincy Adams: American Visionary

“We are well-armed for battle in a Machiavellian world of reputation manipulation, and one of our most important weapons is the delusion that we are non-combatants.”
― Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

“My number-one thing with other drummers is I want them to enjoy themselves. Dude, you’re a drummer—you’re the coolest one in the fucking band. Act like you love being there and give me a reason to watch you.”
― Travis Barker, Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums

“It was by ignoring men, and ignoring all small causes, but by closely calculating the tendencies of events and the great forces which were producing logical results.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln