--- title: "12 Knows Quotes By David McCullough" description: "12 Knows quotes by David McCullough. Plus more from David McCullough and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/david-mccullough-1091_cost_how-can-we-know-who-we-are-and-where-we_2885680.jpg" --- > [“How can we know who we are and where we are going if we don't know anything about where we have come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/how-can-we-know-who-we-are-and-where-we-are-going-if-we-don-t-know/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/david-mccullough-1091_cost_how-can-we-know-who-we-are-and-where-we_2885680.jpg) > [Each generation, we peel back biases that have blinded those before us. The more we know about the past enables us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/each-generation-we-peel-back-biases-that-have-blinded-those-before-us/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/david-mccullough-1091_asks_each-generation-we-peel-back-biases-that_1832276.png) > [I've always been dissatisfied, I know that. But lately I find that I reek of discontentment. It fills my throat, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/i-ve-always-been-dissatisfied-i-know-that-but-lately-i-find-that-i/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/david-mccullough-1091_brain_i-ve-always-been-dissatisfied-i-know-tha_643337.png) > [There is a human longing to go back to other times. We all know how when we were children we asked our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/there-is-a-human-longing-to-go-back-to-other-times-we-all-know-how/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/david-mccullough-1091_children_there-is-a-human-longing-to-go-back-to-o_1418805.png) > [We all know the old expression, "I'll work my thoughts out on paper." There's something about the pen that focuses the brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/we-all-know-the-old-expression-i-ll-work-my-thoughts-out-on-paper/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/david-mccullough-1091_brain_we-all-know-the-old-expression-i-ll-work_888382.jpg) > [When you start to write, things begin to come into focus in a way they don't when you're not writing. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/when-you-start-to-write-things-begin-to-come-into-focus-in-a-way-they/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/david-mccullough-1091_focus_when-you-start-to-write-things-begin-to_1926884.png) > [Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/washington-had-performed-his-role-to-perfection-it-was-no-enough-that/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/david-mccullough-1091_command_washington-had-performed-his-role-to-per_3175702.png) > [We should draw on our story, we should draw on our history. If we don't know who we are, if we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/we-should-draw-on-our-story-we-should-draw-on-our-history-if-we-don-t/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/david-mccullough-1091_amnesia_we-should-draw-on-our-story-we-should-dr_1519409.png) > [There are innumerable writing problems in an extended work. One book took a little more than six years. You, the writer, change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/there-are-innumerable-writing-problems-in-an-extended-work-one-book/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/david-mccullough-1091_book_there-are-innumerable-writing-problems-i_3071441.jpg) > [You can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. They lived in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/you-can-make-the-argument-that-there-s-no-such-thing-as-the-past/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/david-mccullough-1091_argument_you-can-make-the-argument-that-there-s-n_406234.jpg) > [I'm absolutely positive it's in our human nature to want to know about the past. The two most popular movies of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/i-m-absolutely-positive-it-s-in-our-human-nature-to-want-to-know/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/david-mccullough-1091_accurate_i-m-absolutely-positive-it-s-in-our-huma_673161.jpg) > [You can't love what you don't know much about. You can't convince, stimulate, hold the attention, teach, if you don't know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/you-can-t-love-what-you-don-t-know-much-about-you-can-t-convince/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d7/david-mccullough-1091_attention_you-can-t-love-what-you-don-t-know-much_1950371.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by David McCullough > [With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/with-the-truman-book-i-wrote-the-entire-account-of-his-experiences-in/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [“Steamboats by this time were becoming a familiar presence on the rivers and coastal waters of America, but not until 1838 did steam-powered ships…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/steamboats-by-this-time-were-becoming-a-familiar-presence-on-the/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/i-feel-that-history-is-in-many-ways-the-most-important-of-all/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [“Even mighty states and kingdoms are not exempted. If we look into history, we shall find some nations rising from contemptible beginnings and spreading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/even-mighty-states-and-kingdoms-are-not-exempted-if-we-look-into/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/history-isn-t-just-what-happened-but-what-happened-to-whom-and-why/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [Nobody ever lived in the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/nobody-ever-lived-in-the-past/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [“Only TR openly declared his love for the job. “Nobody ever enjoyed the presidency as I did,” he boasted, and by all evidence that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/only-tr-openly-declared-his-love-for-the-job-nobody-ever-enjoyed-the/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [“s ships Phoenix and Rose, in the company of three tenders, cast off their moorings at Staten Island and started up the harbor under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/s-ships-phoenix-and-rose-in-the-company-of-three-tenders-cast-off/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [“a people may let a King fall, yet still remain a people, but if a King let his people slip from him, he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/a-people-may-let-a-king-fall-yet-still-remain-a-people-but-if-a-king/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [Why limit yourself to the experience of your own relatively brief time on earth, according to your biological clock, when the whole realm of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/why-limit-yourself-to-the-experience-of-your-own-relatively-brief/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [“He worked at a plain, tall desk at which he wrote standing up or perched on a high stool,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/he-worked-at-a-plain-tall-desk-at-which-he-wrote-standing-up-or/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [“Nothing happens in isolation. Everything that happens has consequences. We”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/nothing-happens-in-isolation-everything-that-happens-has-consequences/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [America faces an enemy who believes in enforced ignorance. And all that we stand for is the open mind, the generous spirit, the ideal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/america-faces-an-enemy-who-believes-in-enforced-ignorance-and-all/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/my-shorthand-answer-is-that-i-try-to-write-the-kind-of-book-that-i/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) > [“Seen under the microscope, Stegomyia is a creature of striking beauty. Its general color is dark gray, but the thorax is marked with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/seen-under-the-microscope-stegomyia-is-a-creature-of-striking-beauty/) [David McCullough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/david-mccullough/#itemlist", "name": "12 Knows Quotes By David McCullough", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How can we know who we are and where we are going if we don't know anything about where we have come from and what we have been through, the courage shown, the costs paid, to be where we are?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David McCullough" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough/how-can-we-know-who-we-are-and-where-we-are-going-if-we-don-t-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/david-mccullough-1091_cost_how-can-we-know-who-we-are-and-where-we_2885680.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/david-mccullough-1091_cost_how-can-we-know-who-we-are-and-where-we_2885680.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/david-mccullough-1091_cost_how-can-we-know-who-we-are-and-where-we_2885680.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How can we know who we are and where we are going if we don't know anything about where we have come from…” — David McCullough", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each generation, we peel back biases that have blinded those before us. 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