We are a country of laws. When you take that away, the consequences are enormous. — David Grann Away Copy Share Image
I wish a book could reach as many people as film, but we have to be realistic about it. — David Grann Book Copy Share Image
Journalists are often portrayed as cynical. I often think it's the opposite. — David Grann Cynical Copy Share Image
I often say that the best way to find a story is a one-inch brief in a local newspaper. — David Grann Best Copy Share Image
“As Sherlock Holmes famously said, “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” — David Grann Impossible Copy Share Image
“As the historian Richard Gid Powers has noted, J. Edgar Hoover found in Progressivism an approach that reflected his own obsession with… — David Grann History Copy Share Image
“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression.” — David Grann American revolution Copy Share Image
“...much of the discovery of the world was based on failure rather than on success--on tactical errors and pipe dreams.” — David Grann Discovery Copy Share Image
“Exploration...no longer seemed aimed at some outward discovery; rather, it was directed inward...” — David Grann Exploration Copy Share Image
There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter. — David Grann Become Copy Share Image
Baseball, of course, has long been played under the burden of metaphor. More so than basketball or football, it is supposed to… — David Grann Baseball Copy Share Image
Memory is a code to who we are, a collection of not just dates and facts but also of epic emotional struggles,… — David Grann Change Copy Share Image
When criminals go free, the hope is that history will come in and provide some level of justice. It won't correct the… — David Grann Crime Copy Share Image
My mother doesn't need much sleep. At any hour of the night, you'd wake up, and she'd be reading. She'd read five,… — David Grann Mother Copy Share Image
“Darwin’s theory, laid out in On the Origin of Species in 1859, suggested that people and apes shared a common ancestor, and,… — David Grann Darwin Copy Share Image
The Osage have this lovely phrase: 'Travelers in the Mist.' It was the term for part of an Osage clan that would… — David Grann Ignore Copy Share Image
The public, the whites - not just in Oklahoma, but across the United States - were transfixed by the Osage wealth which… — David Grann Back Copy Share Image
“White and his cowboy hat loomed over the diminutive Hoover, who was so sensitive about his modest stature that he rarely promoted… — David Grann Cowboy hat Copy Share Image
“It was the greatest loss of life in the history of the British military, and many in the West began to portray… — David Grann History Copy Share Image
“White gave his men advice in case their cover was blown: “Keep your balance, avoid any rough stuff if possible.” Making it… — David Grann Good job Copy Share Image
“Emmett White became a firm, even unyielding, sheriff. Still, he showed remarkable consideration toward the people in his custody and insisted on… — David Grann Black or white Copy Share Image
“It was the Battle of the Somme—or what the Germans, who suffered massive casualties as well, referred to in letters home as… — David Grann Cannibalism Copy Share Image
“One government study estimated that before 1925 guardians had pilfered at least $8 million directly from the restricted accounts of their Osage… — David Grann Education Copy Share Image
“But by 1925 Fawcett had filled his papers with reams of delirious writings about the end of the world and about a… — David Grann End of the world Copy Share Image
“The historian Burns once wrote, “To believe that the Osages survived intact from their ordeal is a delusion of the mind. What… — David Grann History Copy Share Image
“Years later, another member [of the Royal Geographical Society] conceded, "Explorers are not, perhaps, the most promising people with whom to build… — David Grann Explorers Copy Share Image
“The Osage had been assured by the U.S. government that their Kansas territory would remain their home forever, but before long they… — David Grann Little house on the prairie Copy Share Image
“A conspiracy is everything that ordinary life is not. It’s the inside game, cold, sure, undistracted, forever closed off to us. We… — David Grann Conspiracies Copy Share Image
Crime stories are often sensationalized. They can provoke lower standards. — David Grann Crime Copy Share Image
I don't hunt, I don't camp, and I get lost on my subway to work here in Times Square! — David Grann Here Copy Share Image
“At Hoover’s request, Agent Burger had even written up fictional scenes,” — David Grann Fictional Copy Share Image
I don't camp; I don't hike. I hate bugs, and I'm phobic of snakes. — David Grann Bugs Copy Share Image
![“Years later, another member [of the Royal Geographical Society] conceded, "Explorers are not, perhaps, the most promising people with whom to build a society. Indeed, some might say that explorers become explorers precisely because they have a streak of unsociability and a need to remove…” quote by David Grann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79b/david-grann-2569_explorers_years-later-another-member-of-the-royal_586879.jpg)
