Samuel E. Morison Quotes

Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything.

Samuel E. Morison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1887 - May 15, 1976

Topics

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I want to be remembered as somebody working hard, walking straight in life, most of the time, and just being a down-to-earth person, being loyal and being indestructible.

Jens Voigt

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The essence of a religion can be discovered by asking its adherents one question: 'What, to your mind, was the seminal moment in the history of the world?'

Meir Soloveichik

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You cannot borrow and spend your way into prosperity. It does not work.

Jeb Hensarling

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Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment.

Jean Piaget

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When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.

Trisha Yearwood

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Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars.

Rupert Murdoch

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Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

Mickey Rourke

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The most remote place I've been to was in Greenland. I remember setting out for a solo hike from a small cabin, itself several hours' boat ride from the nearest settlement.

Michelle Paver

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For me, inspiration isn't a sort of spark which lights the fire of the story. It's more like a thread, one of many, which you can tease out of a story once it's written, if you feel so inclined.

Michelle Paver

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'Tattoos' reminds me of where I'm from, and some of the stuff I did when I was growing up. That was one of the things that was appealing about the song when I heard it the first time.

Jason Aldean

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Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.

Janine di Giovanni

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I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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