People Quote by Ron Chernow

Everything we know about Hamilton, we knew when he was alive, because he told us.

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

“I imagine it is because you can lead him to a story for his newspaper, and if it is for his paper, it must…

— David Liss

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic of the day.

— Ron Chernow

Hamilton was extremely combative. Not only was he combative, but he also overreacted to anything he perceived as a threat or a criticism.

— Ron Chernow

“Nearly everyone has had a box of secret pain, shared with no one. Will [Hamilton] had concealed his well, laughed loud, exploited perverse virtues,…

— john steinbeck

“Finally, he [John F. Mercer] ridiculed Hamilton as an upstart, "a mushroom excrescence," who did not deserve the prominence he had gained.”

— Ron Chernow

“Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain, shared with no one. Will had concealed his well, laughed loud, exploited perverse virtues, and never…

— John Steinbeck

Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other…

— Margaret Mahy

“He generally spoke with much animation and energy, and with considerable gesture. His mind was filled with all the learning and precedence required for…

— Ron Chernow

As time passed and he grew to know people better, he began to think of himself as an extraordinary man, one set apart from…

— Sherwood Anderson

Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little…

— Alexandre Dumas

“And so, though Smith was not at all the man Knight would have deliberately chosen as a friend—or even for one of a group…

— Thomas Hardy