Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation be ended in the military. I was serving in a submarine in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you first saw 'The Truman Show,' did anyone else walk around for the next week not picking your nose just in… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
When you think about [Truman] Capote in the - was what he did exploitative of a person's life or exploitative of these… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Jimmy Carter as President is like Truman Capote marrying Dolly Parton. The job is just too big for him. — Rich Little Copy Share Image
We had been frightened of atomic weapons since 1945. In those days I became convinced - and remain convinced now - that,… — Martin Niemoller Copy Share Image
The whole ecosystem of celebrity has broken down for writers. If you go back to the '50s, '60s, and '70s, writers were… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil rights legislation… — Jed S. Rakoff Copy Share Image
Harry S. Truman had his moods. His birthplace is the only tourist attraction in America where you don't see Japanese with cameras. — A. Whitney Brown Copy Share Image
I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's. — Alex Karras Copy Share Image
My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman. — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
Truman left in the middle of an unpopular war, a war of choice. Truman didn't have to go into South Korea. And… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
It's hard these days to have a conversation, at least it is for me, about [Truman]Capote without "Good Night, and Good Luck"… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to hear that you met Harry Truman... I met Harry Truman... But you know what I mean? Nobody's interested. They… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
We must uphold the promise of Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, and Clinton and never allow the President and his Republican friends… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. — Gerald Clarke Copy Share Image
It was immediately apparent that it was full of tricky ingredients to balance. In fact, I found it very intriguing. What held… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
If there had been any formidable body of cannibals in the country, Harry Truman would have promised to provide them with free… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image