Douglas Quotes

75 Douglas quotes by 61 unique authors

It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a… — William Manchester
It was his [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] relationship with the administration In Washington which became poisoned by his egomania. Link upon link the bond between events… — William Manchester
I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal. — Jamie Lee Curtis
In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling and… — Beverly Cleary
My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried… — Warren Christopher
I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue. — Jeffrey Jones
There aren't many male stars - that's a loose term - like Kirk [Douglas] around. Most of those virile personalities have to keep working, continue… — Elia Kazan
McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. — Thomas Friedman
Most black leaders, whether left, right or center, from Frederick Douglas and Martin Delaney on in the middle of the 19th century have not even… — Henry Louis Gates
So I'd be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. I'd let him use a teleprompter. I'll just rely on knowledge.… — Newt Gingrich
I hold that the beginning of modern Irish drama was in the winter of 1898, at a school feast at Coole, when Douglas Hyde and… — Lady Gregory
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as… — Nathan Fillion
I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most… — Terry Pratchett
Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the endgame in Vietnam… — Helen Thomas
Frederick Douglas taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading… — Carl Sagan
If someone were to ask whether communications skills or meekness is most important to a marriage, I'd answer meekness, hands down. You can be a… — John Bytheway
You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are… — Oscar Wilde
You lost your wife, Douglas. My heartbreaks for you, it really does. But I lose my husband every day, all over again. And I donâ€™t… — Jonathan Tropper
I'll be darned!" said Douglas. "I never thought of that. That's brilliant! It's true. Old people never were children!" "And it's kind of sad," said… — Ray Bradbury
Women think in [Douglas] Sirkâ€™s films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always reacting, doing what… — Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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