Base Quote by Fred Kaplan Download Open image “Serious biographies need to have a historical base in facts.” — Fred Kaplan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Base Biographies Facts History Need Serious
It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
What are your historical Facts still more your biographical Wilt thou know a man by stringing-together beadrolls of what thou namest Facts — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I enjoy reading biographies because I want to know about the people who messed up the world. — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
“Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers,… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I'm not a history buff. I don't read biographies, except of some of those writers whom I've collected over the years - particularly… — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends. — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
To give credit to Lincoln for moral progression seems beyond the facts and unnecessary for our appreciation of this arguably greatest of all American… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
I'm not a Lincoln expert, rather a biographer who has had the pleasure of reading much of what has been written about him from… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Myth and mythology often serve constructive and aspirational purposes. But they also do harm. — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
“The New START accord cuts the strategic nuclear arsenals on each side to 1,550 warheads. Can any of its critics make a case that… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not. — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Gore Vidal was a man of immense literary talent, some of which he used well, some of which he wasted. — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
“He had entered another imaginative world, one connected to the beginning of his life as a writer, to the Napoleonic world that had been… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Obama is a very fine writer with an excellent command of language. His memoir 'Dreams From My Father' is a fine book, but it… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
“As became a young sinner, Sam [Mark Twain] had a special interest in Satan. He asked his Sunday school teacher questions about Eve in… — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
'Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
My fan base is really expanding into an inter-generational thing - it's what every artist probably hopes for. — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in… — Jeff Koons Copy Share Image
I have found that my fan base is a bit above average when compared to the common horror fan. — Adam Green Copy Share Image
You're not going to get every part, so you can't base your sense of self-worth around whether or not you actually land the job. — Autumn Reeser Copy Share Image
What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a Christian to work at Chick-fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on biblical principles because they… — S. Truett Cathy Copy Share Image
By delivering a wide array of programming to YouTube, the NBA will be able to connect with its existing worldwide fan base and reach… — Chad Hurley Copy Share Image
To touch the limitless sky, one has to be in constant touch with the base, which is in fact the origin of every human................. — Santanu Mishra Copy Share Image
We try to buy as much American-made shirts as we can and stuff to sell. It's very difficult to cover every base as much… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
