Edmund Morgan Quotes

Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.

Edmund Morgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1916 - July 8, 2013

Topics

PeopleCountryMoreQuestionMost

If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.

Joanne Harris

WorkMotherMeYouWantUp

Campaigns maybe encourage us to pay attention to attributes that maybe aren't that important in the presidency.

John Dickerson

AttentionImportantPay AttentionPay

Forging meaning is about changing yourself. Building identity is about changing the world.

Andrew Solomon

YourselfIdentityWorldBuilding

I have seen for the first time in 100 years of conflict, the two peoples - the Israeli people and the Palestinian people - are ahead of their leaderships.

Amos Oz

TimePeopleConflictAheadFirst

We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love.

Stevie Nicks

LoveNeedRealReasonPayBills

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, Oh, you can't do that.

Tom Clancy

LifeGoodYouNeverGood IdeaUp

I was a lumberjack for years, a pub bouncer, I've sung in a band; in fact, I still sing, and I even trained myself to be a tree surgeon.

Rory McCann

MyselfTreeBandSurgeonYearsSing

Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.

Ron Fournier

LeadershipCourageProblemsPolitical

I grew up in the suburbs.

Rosemarie DeWitt

UpSuburbsGrew

I raced in London in the 2012 Olympics, and it was incredible to be a part of, with half a million people watching and then later seeing kids going back to cycle.

Jonathan Brownlee

PeopleSeeingBackLondonWatching

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

Denzel Washington

WeirdYouActingKnowCelebrity

And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role.

Anthony Quinn

MeThoughtPictureLondonHimRole

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