Edmund Morgan Quotes

The starting point for the new history, both in Europe and America, has been the record of births, marriages, and deaths, which most literate societies preserve in one form or another. In colonial America, surviving records of this kind - as of every other kind - are most abundant for New England.

Edmund Morgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryAmericaNewKindStarting

I studied drama in high school, and when I was 18, I studied at the Actors Studio in New York. Then I moved to London when I got engaged to Bryan Ferry, and I studied at the National Theatre there.

Jerry Hall

SchoolNew YorkTheatreHigh School

The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.'

Max Lucado

LifeGodGraceChoicesMeaningPoor

We have to ask the tough questions.

Megyn Kelly

ToughQuestionsAsk

Ever since I was a kid, I've always been fascinated by the Arthurian Legend, and, you know, the notion of nobility in battle and the - the notion of chivalry.

Matt Frewer

LegendBattleYouKnowKidAlways

Life's too short and too complicated for people behind desks, people behind masks to be ruining other people's lives, initiating force against other people's lives on the basis of their income, their color, their class, their religious beliefs, whatever.

Jeff Buckley

LifePeopleColorShortComplicated

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.

Stephanie Cutter

SayingBelieveYouNothingGoingTV

But at some point, we've got to have disciplined play and have got to coach better. I'm not putting it on the players. We've got to coach them to tackle and block better. It's as simple as that. If we can do those things, we'll have a chance.

Steve Spurrier

SimpleChanceBetterPlayCoachGot

My favorite artist was probably Jay-Z. He's the one who inspired me to start writing music. He's a wordsmith. He's very clever. He uses a lot of similes and metaphors. He's a beast of a rapper.

Trip Lee

MusicMeWritingStartArtistBeast

Our comedy was light-hearted amusement that seemingly tripped naturally off the tongue. That's why I don't think it will date.

Ronnie Corbett

ThinkComedyTongueWhyWillOff

I'm drawn to the taboos that surround the human body. I find it fascinating that we are repelled by many of the acts and processes that keep us alive.

Mary Roach

BodyFindAliveHumanHuman BodyUs

My friends all tell me I was born with a horseshoe up my butt.

Michael Trucco

MeFriendsBornButtTellUp

'Little Night' comes from deep in my heart, and tells about the lengths people will go for love.

Luanne Rice

LoveHeartPeopleNightDeepGo

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