"You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition."……" — David McCullough

"You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition." Spoken by Abigail Adams"

96 Quotes by David McCullough

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There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules,…
In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth…
The first of all qualities of a general is courage.
Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour…
They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power…
We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The…
Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.

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I don't really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives,… — Abigail Breslin
I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer… — Steve Martin
Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will… — Arthur Miller
When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter… — David McCullough
Miss Abigail, I want to be an author because writers know when a person is lonely. I mean, when Molly… — Leon Uris
Okay, I thought. Here you are. You are here. And you move forward because that's the way it works; that's… — Jennifer Weiner
All right." He straightened up and seemed to be true to his promise to let it go. "I will be… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
All right, everyone. Fess up. Who just shat in their pants? C'mon. Admit it." He raised his hand. I know… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Jess:"Sasha? I need some tissue to pack my nose with." Sasha:"Is that hygienically sound?" Jess:"Sasha..." Sasha:"Fine, but if you get… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
What are you people talking about?” – Abigail “Nothing important. Just the end of the world as we know it,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I’m not as good as a man as you are, Sundown. I find it hard to give an enemy my… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Jess! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Are you all right? Are you alive? Did I hurt… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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