Barack Obama: "Well, I suspect that I sound incurably naive, wedded to lost hopes." [Dreams from My Father] dld.bz/N3KY

Oliver Sacks: "For 2 weeks, I could recognize everyone I knew by smell." [#Mind's Eye] dld.bz/JgwB Science SciFri NYTimesScience

Michael Scheuer: "..the Bush administration authorized the evacuation of bin Laden family members.." [Osama BinLaden] dld.bz/QPDN

Donald Rumsfeld: "Clearly, what US forces are currently doing in Iraq is not working well.." [Known and Unknown] Books dld.bz/PZBQ

He asked that I take a look at the shape of our military plans on Iraq.. [Donald Rumsfeld: Known, Unknown] Nonfiction dld.bz/K9cd

Gabrielle Hamilton: "Our kitchen table was a big round piece of butcher block.." [Blood, Bones & Butter] Food Books dld.bz/QjsJ

Bing West: "In 2009, Obama declared that the U.S. was beginning the war anew.." [The Wrong War] Books dld.bz/PT6y

Laura Ingraham: "... the public record of Team Obama, but ..." [The Obama Diaries] Books dld.bz/RVp4

Mike Huckabee: ".. twelve things we really need from Washington.." [A Simple Government] Books dld.bz/PBaT

Brian Greene: "... spatial expansion during the universe's earliest moments." [The Hidden Reality] Books dld.bz/RVp4