29 ordspråk av David McCullough
David McCullough
 May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof. |
| No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read. |
| People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I haven’t the faintest idea. That’s why you’re writing the book, it seems to me, to find out. To me, it’s a journey. It’s an adventure. It’s traveling in a country you’ve never been in and everything is going to be new, and because of that, vivid. And don’t make up your mind too soon. Let it be an experience. |
| Real success is finding your lifework in the worth that you love. |
| The Great Bridge, The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge |
| The Johnstown flood was not an act of God or nature. It was brought by human failure, human shortsightedness and selfishness. |
| The man who emerges is truly heroic, and that was a surprise for me, ... This is a greathearted fellow, for all his failings ... a very warm, full-dimensional human being. |
| The problem with Adams, |
| They might not look like soldiers, they might not know much about drill, and soldier's life . . . and etiquette, and restrictions of rank . . . . ... but they knew how to get things done. |
| They took stock of the situation, and they realized the war was over and we had lost, |
| was the biggest news event in America since the assassination of Lincoln in 1865. |
| We can know a lot by (Adams') friends and his loyalty to them, ... In the face of political disagreements and eccentricities, it's an inspiring example of how much friends can mean in life. |
| When the founders spoke of the pursuit of happiness they didn't mean longer vacations or more stuff. This is what they meant. |
| You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history. |
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