"Hunt is Beau’s alter ego. I mean, they were a year and a day apart. And if Joe wasn’t with him every single day, Hunter was, in this illness, and his wife, Hallie, and their two kids."

"In the ten years I was president of the Teamsters, I had raised the membership from eight hundred thousand to more than 2 million and made it the largest single labor union the world."

"My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I’m ashamed of what I think of doctors in general."

"It may remain for us to learn … that our task is only beginning; and that there will never be given to us even the ghost of any help, save the help of unutterable unthinkable Time. We may have to lear…"

"Sociological researchers maintain a mask of objectivity. But... when students in these movements report facts that contradict the tenets of their group's creed, they are... punished for their heresy. …"