Making friends Quote by David Pietrusza

My rule on honorary degrees has always been to have one more than Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“I'm an idealist without illusions. [Ca. 1953, attributed to John F. Kennedy by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. in 'A Thousand Days' ”

— John F. Kennedy

John Schlesinger had one of his friends designing it and he had never done a film before. Ten days before it started, they didn't…

— Julie Harris

Stephen Schlesinger’s Act of Creation tells a dazzling story of the dramatic events that have shaped the world in which we live. Never has…

— James Chace

“Arthur Schlesinger admits that JFK "succumbed to the fake omniscience of insiders". Prolonged immersion in the self-contained, self-justifying world of clandestinity and deception erodes…

— Garry Wills

I recall asking the late eminent liberal historian Arthur Schlesinger, in a public forum in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, if he would…

— Dennis Prager

“When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jefferson.…

— Chuck Klosterman

“The same conclusion had already been presented to incoming President Kennedy by Arthur Schlesinger, transmitting the report of his Latin American Mission, which warned…

— Keith Bolender

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., in a mordant protest written soon after the [1952] election, found the intellectual "in a situation he has not known for…

— Richard Hofstadter

“Few would argue against safe-guarding the nation. But in the judgment of at least one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars, the legal…

— Jane Mayer

“Friendship is like an investment; the best type yields the best profit for you! It's not just about making friends; it's about making right…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Maybe she couldn’t go. Maybe she wanted him to stay. But she knew enough not to try to hold him back if he had…

— Charles de Lint