Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes

To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.

Barbara W. Tuchman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 30, 1912 - February 6, 1989

Topics

ThoughtsBookSinUpOwnAgainst

The single most important thing we can do today to ensure a strong, successful future for Wisconsin is invest in our kids early - because what we do now will determine what kind of state Wisconsin will be 10, 20, even 50 years from now.

Jim Doyle

FutureTodayStrongEarlyImportant

Perfection would be something that you see in 'Architectural Digest.'

Jill Soloway

PerfectionYouSeeSomethingWould

I'm a terrible sort of non-fussy eater, really. I don't like posh food very much, and the more ingredients something's got in it, the less I tend to like it.

Jo Brand

FoodMoreIngredientsSomethingGot

I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.

Joel Osteen

SayingHeavenGoKnowWouldCareful

Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says 'Come eat me!' I keep enough for only a couple of days. And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening. What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that's crazy.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

FoodMeCrazyNightDriveEnough

We're all with Friends until Friends dies. If one of us goes, we all go. One of us wouldn't leave. It wouldn't be the show it is without each of us.

Jennifer Aniston

FriendsGoWithoutLeaveUsShow

When 'Pune-52' was offered to me, I liked the script, but I wasn't convinced about the kissing and other intimate scenes. I tried talking to the director, but things didn't work out.

Amruta Khanvilkar

WorkMeTalkingDirectorOutThings

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

Stephen Leacock

TruthTrustBetterBrickArgument

I must confess I knew very little about the trance scene, I'm more house and commercial dance but it was really interesting and different.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

DanceInterestingHouseMoreLittle

I am awake a lot of nights.

Roger Goodell

I AmAwakeNightsLotAm

The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me.

Robin Trower

KingMeBluesThreeFirstReal

Joe McGinniss will be remembered as a talented man. He changed political writing forever in 1968. We differed on many things, but he had a good heart.

Roger Ailes

GoodHeartManWritingGood Heart

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