English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

David McCullough Quotes

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

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back. Barack Obama
Muriel Spark quote: "For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in..."
For those who like that sort of thing," said Miss Brodie in her best Edinburgh voice, "That is the sort of thing they like. Muriel Spark
When you surrender, the problem ceases to exist. Try to solve it, or conquer it, and you only set up more resistance. . . . The most difficult thing to admit, and to realize with one's whole being, is that you alone control nothing. . . . Henry Miller
Craig Johnston quote: "Our football program is bigger than any one person."
Our football program is bigger than any one person. Craig Johnston
Aristophanes quote: "Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send..."
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you. Aristophanes
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery."
Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Yaphet Kotto quote: "I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself..."
I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere. Yaphet Kotto
Dennis Ross quote: "Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means...."
Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. Dennis Ross
Dom DeLuise quote: "There were five writers on Blazing Saddles."
There were five writers on Blazing Saddles. Dom DeLuise
Haec ego non multis (scribo), sed tibi: satis enim magnum alter alteri theatrum sumus. I am writing this not to many, but to you: certainly we are a great enough audience for each other. Epicurus
Charles Bukowski quote: "The trouble with these people is that their cities have never..."
The trouble with these people is that their cities have never been bombed and their mothers have never been told to shut up. Charles Bukowski
Jeanette Winterson quote: "St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my..."
St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry. Jeanette Winterson
Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery. Dave Eggers
Irreversible is not glamorous at all. I try to do different things because I want to grow as an actress and I like to take risks. Monica Bellucci