I think the most important thing I wanted to say at various times to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt was that it seemed… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Whatever it is that you do, if you have that passion and desire for it, that's the most important thing. — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I think the most important advice is, a person doesn't have to find out right away. It's not like their first attempt… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
When you are an historian, there's probably nothing that matters more than to be recognized by your colleagues in your own profession.… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I think with Lyndon Johnson, the most important thing I learned was that he never had the sense of security that comes… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
What I learned, more than anything, was that you can't have it all balanced perfectly at any one time. When I was… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
When I look at Franklin Roosevelt's leadership, I think the most important quality he had during the Depression and the war was… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
One of the important qualities that I think is often overlooked is just energy. It's vitality, and sort of a life force… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
People will love him (Theodore Roosevelt) for the enemies he has made. — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“I could carve out of a banana a judge with more backbone than that,” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“Don’t hit till you have to; but, when you do hit, hit hard.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
