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David McCullough Quotes

David McCullough quotes

American Historian July 7, 1933

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Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics, but in all levels of society. David McCullough
Lord Chatham, the King of Prussia, nay, Alexander the Great, never gained more in one campaign than the noble lord has lost-he has lost a whole continent. David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something..."
I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live. David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "No harm's done to history by making it something someone would..."
No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read. David McCullough
I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research. David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "marinate your mind"
marinate your mind David McCullough
How can we know who we are and where we are going if we don't know anything about where we have come from and what we have been through, the courage shown, the costs paid, to be where we are? David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "Only those who [do] nothing [make] no mistakes."
Only those who [do] nothing [make] no mistakes. David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There..."
There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing. David McCullough
If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds. David McCullough
When a bill was put before the state legislature in Jefferson City that would have prohibited anyone who owned a saloon from holding elective office and reporters asked what he thought of it, Alderman Jim said probably the bill was intended as a way of improving the reputation of saloonkeepers. David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such..."
First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious..."
You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition."Spoken by Abigail Adams David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "The past after all is only another name for someone else's..."
The past after all is only another name for someone else's present. David McCullough
David McCullough quote: "Nobody ever lived in the past."
Nobody ever lived in the past. David McCullough

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