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David McCullough quotes: A man who works for the immediate present and its immediate rewards is nothing but a fool. A man who works for the immediate present and its immediate rewards is nothing but a fool.
David McCullough quotes: in every thing one must consider the end." The in every thing one must consider the end." The
David McCullough quotes: The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think ... Let us dare to read, think, speak, write. The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think ... Let us dare to read, think, speak, write.
David McCullough quotes: If you haven't met Kenny (Young) you have not seen how the spirit of Boston can be embodied by one single man. If you haven't met Kenny (Young) you have not seen how the spirit of Boston can be embodied by one single man.
David McCullough quotes: There's no such thing as a foreseeable future. There's no such thing as a foreseeable future.
David McCullough quotes: We learn much by tribulation, and by adversity our hearts are made better. We learn much by tribulation, and by adversity our hearts are made better.
David McCullough quotes: He was also a vociferous champion of abstinence from hard or spirituous liquors - but then no one's perfect. In He was also a vociferous champion of abstinence from hard or spirituous liquors - but then no one's perfect. In
David McCullough quotes: You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen, Adams You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen, Adams
David McCullough quotes: When I'm reading for my own pleasure, I read things other than history or archival material. I read a lot of fiction. I'm very fond of mysteries. When I'm reading for my own pleasure, I read things other than history or archival material. I read a lot of fiction. I'm very fond of mysteries.
David McCullough quotes: Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly. Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.
David McCullough quotes: Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life. Read somewhat in the English poets every day. You will find them elegant, entertaining and constructive companions through your whole life.
David McCullough quotes: Bier, and I think it proper that I should try to clear the atmosphere. Bier, and I think it proper that I should try to clear the atmosphere.
David McCullough quotes: Nothing ever invented can you a bigger life than a book. Nothing ever invented can you a bigger life than a book.
David McCullough quotes: mendacity." He then introduced his son to the President, mendacity." He then introduced his son to the President,
David McCullough quotes: everyone. Berg and his wife, Edith, also an everyone. Berg and his wife, Edith, also an
David McCullough quotes: Patience which I assure you requires more force of character than does action. Patience which I assure you requires more force of character than does action.
David McCullough quotes: By reaching for the stars, Jefferson gave us all the impulse. He By reaching for the stars, Jefferson gave us all the impulse. He
David McCullough quotes: We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged. ~Colonel Henry Knox We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged. ~Colonel Henry Knox
David McCullough quotes: Holmes, who was five years younger, had seen Holmes, who was five years younger, had seen
David McCullough quotes: There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you. There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
David McCullough quotes: Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book. Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.
David McCullough quotes: Facts are stubborn things, Facts are stubborn things,
David McCullough quotes: For a free, self-governing people, something more than a vague familiarity with history is essential, if we are to hold on to and sustain our freedom. For a free, self-governing people, something more than a vague familiarity with history is essential, if we are to hold on to and sustain our freedom.
David McCullough quotes: Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out. Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power to carry them out.
David McCullough quotes: Death's door. "McKINLEY IS DYING," read the large headline Death's door. "McKINLEY IS DYING," read the large headline
David McCullough quotes: All the money anyone needs is just enough to prevent one from being a burden on others. All the money anyone needs is just enough to prevent one from being a burden on others.
David McCullough quotes: Spotting talent is one of the essential elements of great leadership. Spotting talent is one of the essential elements of great leadership.
David McCullough quotes: Nothing happens in isolation. Everything that happens has consequences. We Nothing happens in isolation. Everything that happens has consequences. We
David McCullough quotes: I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down. I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down.
David McCullough quotes: Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams
David McCullough quotes: tocsin of an ideological crusade, has no limits," Lippmann warned. tocsin of an ideological crusade, has no limits," Lippmann warned.
David McCullough quotes: He held to the old guidelines: work hard, do your best, speak the truth, assume no airs, trust in God, have no fear. He held to the old guidelines: work hard, do your best, speak the truth, assume no airs, trust in God, have no fear.
David McCullough quotes: Because it's of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished. Because it's of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished.
David McCullough quotes: History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different. History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different.
David McCullough quotes: My love is to tell a story but I like stories that evolve from character, from the nature of the individuals involved. My love is to tell a story but I like stories that evolve from character, from the nature of the individuals involved.
David McCullough quotes: The great thing about the arts is that you can only learn to do it by doing it. The great thing about the arts is that you can only learn to do it by doing it.
David McCullough quotes: A man who has not better government of his tongue, no more command of his temper, is unfit for everything but children's play and the company of boys. A man who has not better government of his tongue, no more command of his temper, is unfit for everything but children's play and the company of boys.
David McCullough quotes: To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
David McCullough quotes: The clock would be simple if you destroyed all the wheels . . . but it would not tell the time of day. On The clock would be simple if you destroyed all the wheels . . . but it would not tell the time of day. On
David McCullough quotes: Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project. Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.
David McCullough quotes: The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor? The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?
David McCullough quotes: To write is to think, and to write well is to think well, To write is to think, and to write well is to think well,
David McCullough quotes: the, situation still the, situation still
David McCullough quotes: The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost. The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost.
David McCullough quotes: It had taken four years. It had taken four years.
David McCullough quotes: I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene
David McCullough quotes: Free speech is a restraint on government; not an incitement to the citizen. Free speech is a restraint on government; not an incitement to the citizen.
David McCullough quotes: one leg crossed nonchalantly over the other. one leg crossed nonchalantly over the other.
David McCullough quotes: Honesty, sincerity, and openness, I esteem essential marks of a good mind, Honesty, sincerity, and openness, I esteem essential marks of a good mind,
David McCullough quotes: I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber. I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.
David McCullough quotes: Religion, superstition, oaths, education, laws, all give way before passions, interest, and power. Religion, superstition, oaths, education, laws, all give way before passions, interest, and power.
David McCullough quotes: It is in Paris that the beating of Europe's heart is felt. Paris is the city of cities. - Victor Hugo It is in Paris that the beating of Europe's heart is felt. Paris is the city of cities. - Victor Hugo
David McCullough quotes: I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live. I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live.
David McCullough quotes: You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition.Spoken by Abigail Adams You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition.
Spoken by Abigail Adams
David McCullough quotes: How unpardonable would it have been in you to have turned out a blockhead. How How unpardonable would it have been in you to have turned out a blockhead. How
David McCullough quotes: Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave. Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave.
David McCullough quotes: My wife, the star I steer by. My wife, the star I steer by.
David McCullough quotes: remodeled glider to Kill Devil Hills to resume testing. remodeled glider to Kill Devil Hills to resume testing.
David McCullough quotes: Among those who were about to stake so very much on him and his bridge, or who already had, there was not one who could honestly say he knew the Among those who were about to stake so very much on him and his bridge, or who already had, there was not one who could honestly say he knew the man.
David McCullough quotes: when you have something important to do, if there are two of you, you have one too many. when you have something important to do, if there are two of you, you have one too many.
David McCullough quotes: Thanks to God that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right. ~John Thanks to God that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right. ~John
David McCullough quotes: I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene. I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.
David McCullough quotes: It is always easier to deal with things than with men, and no one can direct his life entirely as he would choose. -Wilbur Wright, 1911 It is always easier to deal with things than with men, and no one can direct his life entirely as he would choose. -Wilbur Wright, 1911
David McCullough quotes: Who would live in this rank old Paris if it was not for its gardens?" - John Sanderson Who would live in this rank old Paris if it was not for its gardens?" - John Sanderson
David McCullough quotes: I would pay to do what I do if I had to. I would pay to do what I do if I had to.
David McCullough quotes: We live, my dear soul, in an age of trial. What will be the consequence I know not. John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams We live, my dear soul, in an age of trial. What will be the consequence I know not. John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams
David McCullough quotes: History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
David McCullough quotes: Sometimes the very struggle of getting the words down on paper does result in unexpected discoveries or clarifications. Sometimes the very struggle of getting the words down on paper does result in unexpected discoveries or clarifications.
David McCullough quotes: the formality of the presidency, all the formality of the presidency, all
David McCullough quotes: May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.
David McCullough quotes: Everybody wants something at the expense of everybody else and nobody thinks much of the other fellow," Truman Everybody wants something at the expense of everybody else and nobody thinks much of the other fellow," Truman
David McCullough quotes: Recently been killed in an accident. Much that he read Recently been killed in an accident. Much that he read
David McCullough quotes: Remembered "the wind usually blows." Nowhere in the talk had he said a word about the gasoline Remembered "the wind usually blows." Nowhere in the talk had he said a word about the gasoline
David McCullough quotes: Wright died in his room at home at 7 Hawthorn Street at 3:15 in the morning, Thursday, May 30, 1912. He was forty-five years old. Wright died in his room at home at 7 Hawthorn Street at 3:15 in the morning, Thursday, May 30, 1912. He was forty-five years old.
David McCullough quotes: Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea. Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.
David McCullough quotes: It would be the most crucial day of the entire war. It would be the most crucial day of the entire war.
David McCullough quotes: Wilbur had already made an immensely important and altogether original advance toward their goal. Wilbur had already made an immensely important and altogether original advance toward their goal.
David McCullough quotes: Is vintage Bunau-Varilla: My only reply to such critics is that they have not the Is vintage Bunau-Varilla: My only reply to such critics is that they have not the
David McCullough quotes: There was no opiate like a French pillow. There was no opiate like a French pillow.
David McCullough quotes: The title did not make the man, of course, but it enhanced the standing of the man in the eyes of others. The title did not make the man, of course, but it enhanced the standing of the man in the eyes of others.
David McCullough quotes: Boston Latin School. Boston Latin School.
David McCullough quotes: We're all what we read to a very considerable degree. So We're all what we read to a very considerable degree. So
David McCullough quotes: Integrity should be preserved in all events, as essential to his happiness, through every stage of his existence. Integrity should be preserved in all events, as essential to his happiness, through every stage of his existence.
David McCullough quotes: Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
David McCullough quotes: Remove yourself, sir! Remove yourself, sir!
David McCullough quotes: The experience at Suez was little help. Probably they would have been better off in the long run had there been no Suez Canal in their past. The experience at Suez was little help. Probably they would have been better off in the long run had there been no Suez Canal in their past.
David McCullough quotes: Lord Bolingbroke, who was an eighteenth-century political philosopher, called history "philosophy taught with examples. Lord Bolingbroke, who was an eighteenth-century political philosopher, called history "philosophy taught with examples.
David McCullough quotes: California Congressman California Congressman
David McCullough quotes: It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books. It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books.
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David McCullough quotes: Lord, grant that I may always be right, for Thou knowest I am hard to turn, Lord, grant that I may always be right, for Thou knowest I am hard to turn,
David McCullough quotes: In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation. In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation.
David McCullough quotes: Vivez joyeux" was the old saying. "Live joyfully. Vivez joyeux" was the old saying. "Live joyfully.
David McCullough quotes: Once rolling the train would travel under the code name "POTUS," for "President of the United States, Once rolling the train would travel under the code name "POTUS," for "President of the United States,
David McCullough quotes: The first of all qualities of a general is courage. The first of all qualities of a general is courage.
David McCullough quotes: ...avarice and stinginess [are] not frugality ...avarice and stinginess [are] not frugality
David McCullough quotes: Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries. Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.
David McCullough quotes: We believed in a good God, a bad Devil, and a hot Hell, and more than anything else we believed that same God did not intend man should ever fly. We believed in a good God, a bad Devil, and a hot Hell, and more than anything else we believed that same God did not intend man should ever fly.
David McCullough quotes: a leader must look and act the part. a leader must look and act the part.
David McCullough quotes: He worked at a plain, tall desk at which he wrote standing up or perched on a high stool, He worked at a plain, tall desk at which he wrote standing up or perched on a high stool,

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