« All I Prize Quotes
·
Shelby Foote's Page
I Prize Quotes by Shelby Foote
1 I Prize quote by Shelby Foote
More Quotes by Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote has 34 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things...…
-
North was only a direction indicated by a compass--if a man had one, that is, for otherwise there was no north or…
-
Generally the first week in September brings the hottest weather of the year, and this was no exception. Overhead the fans turned…
-
Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.
-
I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making…
-
People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of…
-
I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way.
-
People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about…
-
And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find…
-
But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality,…
-
I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite…
-
Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about…
See all 34 quotes by Shelby Foote »
More I Prize Quotes
Popular I Prize quotes from across the collection:
-
I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to…
— A. S. Byatt
-
These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter…
— Henry Van Dyke
-
Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of the number;…
— Patrick Henry
-
I prize my own independence too much. And philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it's Christianity or…
— Saul Alinsky
-
I prize the privilege of being alone.
— Carl Rogers
-
Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has…
— Bill Walsh
-
Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.
— Patrick Henry
-
I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity.
— A. S. Byatt
-
I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold.
— Anne Bradstreet
-
I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such…
— Arthur Keith
-
A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that difference.
— Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
-
I prize my seamstress, I value my copyist; but my cook, who knows well how to prepare the food to sustain life,…
— Ellen G. White
See all I Prize Quotes »
Browse Shelby Foote Quotes by Category