“The young man never seemed to know what idleness was,” marveled Cutler, “and every leisure moment would find the last novel, some English classic or some abstruse book on natural history in his hands.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
What I think I've learned is that you're never going to get it all right, and you can't obsess about having a fact wrong… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
People will love him (Theodore Roosevelt) for the enemies he has made. — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
“This extreme treatment was among the proliferating regimens developed in response to the stunning increase in nervous disorders diagnosed around the turn of the… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
“I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone than that,” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
“And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
“After ministering each day to the hundreds of young men who had endured ghastly wounds, submitted to amputations without anesthesia, and often died without… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
The value that I found in interviewing was for an educational experience, just to know that history itself is subjective, that you can't say,… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
“All the cartoonists at heart liked him, and there was seldom or never anything bitter or really unfriendly in their portrayals of him; they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
I think that's still what the American Dream means: that with perseverance, with hard work, you can become something, that the classes won't prevent… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
I shall always be grateful for this curious love of history, allowing me to spend a lifetime looking back into the past, allowing me… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
“Simon Cameron: “I loved my brother, as only the poor and lonely can love those with whom they have toiled and struggled up the… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share
