Douglas Brinkley Quotes

The world of high-stakes international diplomacy can be rough and tumble, but it's more often than not a procession of suits and summits, protocol sessions and photo ops.

Douglas Brinkley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1960

Topics

WorldSuitsMoreDiplomacyRough

What people are seeing is that the cost of their care and their insurance is going up faster since Obamacare has been passed than if the healthcare law had not been passed at all.

John Barrasso

PeopleLawCareInsuranceHealthcare

Going after 'the bad guy' has not been a real issue for me.

Jennifer Garner

MeBadRealBad GuyGuyGoing

I try to put the same spirit into that that I put into any other music endeavor I'm involved in.

John Frusciante

MusicSpiritTrySameEndeavorAny

Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.

John Major

PeaceMindPresidentWhateverPretty

Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.

Liz Phair

SuccessGoodPeopleMeBackEarly

I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.

Dick Gephardt

BirthdayFriendSchoolKingLaw

I don't play any instruments, but I do read a lot.

Deep Roy

PlayReadLotAnyInstruments

Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books.

Donald Norman

ControlThinkDesignAlwaysOver

It is a weird feeling to have people go, 'Hey Chris' like they know me. But, number one, 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn't be nicer and more positive.

Christopher Meloni

PositivePeopleMeCoolWeirdKnow

Space is going to be commonplace.

Christa McAuliffe

SpaceGoingCommonplace

Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.

Aubrey de Grey

FireEnvironmentDesireWheelFix

I was scared of the dark. Ohhhh, I'd do anything not to have to sleep on my own. I'd get in bed and cover myself with dolls and teddy bears.

Peta Wilson

MyselfSleepDarkBedMy OwnOwn

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