Books Quote by Clive Cussler Download Open image “Nobody gives a damn about the Merrimac. You know how it is. Winners write the history books.” — Clive Cussler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Damn History History books How Winners
Not only is history written by the winners, it is also made by them. — Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza Copy Share Image
I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
“history is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books—books which glorify… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Since Caesar, we know his historians are liars. The good writers get read. Bad history doesn't get read. — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
The only good histories are those written by those who had command in the events they describe. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
My son's name is Dirk - I named Dirk Pitt after him when he was about three years old. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
“storm is still on track to pass right over us, so we’ll get the worst of it. Do you think we’ll be ready for… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
“Two unarmed men against six loaded for bear. We need to even the odds.” “Got a plan?” asked Giordino. “I certainly do.” Giordino gave… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
Maybe some day they'll find me behind the computer, just bones and cobwebs. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
“Americans have an annoying habit of accomplishing what they set out to do.” — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I have a large collection of town cars because when I was just a snipe in the gutter, growing up in Los Angeles, a… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image