Edmund Morgan Quotes

The men who founded and governed Massachusetts and Connecticut took themselves so seriously that they kept track of everything they did for the benefit of posterity and hoarded their papers so carefully that the whole history of the United States, recounted mainly by their descendants, has often appeared to be the history of New England writ large.

Edmund Morgan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryMenNewSeriouslyEverything

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

Max von Sydow

GoodInvestmentWantReturnGamblers

The clothes of Courreges are so nice.

Andy Warhol

ClothesNice

No one really has any job security anymore, including myself.

Simon Cowell

MyselfJobSecurityReallyIncluding

All of my political career, I've fought for the taxpayers.

Tom Price

PoliticalCareerFoughtTaxpayers

A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you.

Robert Carlyle

WorkChildrenYouReasonLevelLot

The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future.

Roone Arledge

FutureWisdomPeopleThinkBe True

We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people don't like us. Women tend to worry about popularity; it doesn't matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay.

Mika Brzezinski

WomenRespectPeopleWorryYouOkay

I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for a song, and there's a little bit of a Beatles quality to it, I never avoid that. I always will steer into it.

Chris Cornell

QualitySongThinkWillNeverBand

I was very small, about 3 or 4 I think, and just wanted to be the people on telly telling these wonderful stories. Obviously the idea grew and matured with me but I can't ever remember wanting to do anything else. I've just sort of taken it for granted all my life that that was what I would do.

David Tennant

LifePeopleMeSmallThinkMy Life

When I first read 'Lord of the Rings,' I wanted to see a film of it. But at that time, the technology wasn't there; there was no such thing as CGI.

Christopher Lee

TechnologyTimeFirstSeeRings

There are times I felt insecure or not sure: I'm unsure of myself, or I get nervous, but nerves are good. I try and embrace all those things. I try and embrace the times where I'm not sure of myself or I'm like, 'Is this going to work? Is this going to land?'

Chelsea Handler

WorkGoodMyselfNervousLandTry

The fans know that I have been giving it my all and that we had the good judgment to when to say when.

Bobby Rahal

GoodGivingKnowSayJudgmentFans

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