Quote of the day
And thus they give the time, that Nature meant for peaceful sleep and meditative snores, to ceaseless din and mindless merriment and waste of shoes and floors.
David Hackett Fischer

Born: December 2, 1935 (age 89)
Bio: David Hackett Fischer is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. Fischer's major works have tackled everything from large macroeconomic and cultural trends to narrative histories of significant events to explorations of historiography.
Known for:
- Washington's Crossing (2004)
- Historians' fallacies (1970)