Books Quote by Ron Chernow Download Open image “There were 900 books on Washington when I began writing on him.” — Ron Chernow ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Him Washington Were Writing
Strange as it may seem, George Washington's life has now been so minutely documented that we know far more about him than did his… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from a complete… — Jared Sparks Copy Share Image
I don't write huge books any more. I used to write 1,000 printed pages, but now I write short books. I did one on… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
I've never really read any books about Washington, neither the politics nor the city. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction. — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
I have a deep appreciation for the wisdom of this guy , George Washington. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There was a hole in Washington fiction, I felt, when I started out. Most D.C. novels were about politics or the federal city or… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Whenever someone wonders how I could have written 57 books, I remind them that Isaac Asimov wrote 500 books. — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
Speaking of [Ronald] Reagan on the faith of the founders, he was particularly fond of George Washington, who he cited nearly 200 times, and… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
“In other words, Julia still believed in the beneficial effects of tobacco long after her husband had likely died from it. Even grimacing with… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Right before his inauguration, he received a Quaker delegation and asked them to nominate Indian agents from their members. “If you can make Quakers… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Grant roomed with Fred Dent, who also singled out Grant as “the clearest headed young man I ever saw . . . He always wanted to do… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The richly cadenced prose is hypnotic, the research prodigious, the analysis acute, the mood spellbinding, and the cast of characters mythic in scale. I… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Hamilton has often been extolled as the exponent of a rational foreign policy based on cool calculations of national self-interest. But his April 14… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“While the folks at home embraced him as an improbable hero, Washington was denigrated in England as a reckless young warrior and in France… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“the immorality of slavery became patently clear that spring. He had acquired from Colonel Dent the mulatto slave named William Jones who had worked… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“As his life steadily unraveled, he pawned his gold watch and chain for $20 on December 23, 1857, to purchase Christmas presents for his… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Grant had overwhelmingly won the electoral vote, and had garnered the largest popular majority of the century, nearly 56 percent of the vote, the… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“The chief quartermaster on the West Coast, Robert Allen, an old friend of Grant’s, learned he was holed up in a cheap miner’s hotel… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Returning to his Manhattan town house on Christmas Eve, Grant, sixty-one, pivoted to hand the driver a holiday tip when he slipped on the… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“When he bet Julia that she wouldn’t dare to descend into the mine, located seventeen hundred feet below, it roused her fighting spirit and… — Ron Chernow 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
![“Speaking of [Ronald] Reagan on the faith of the founders,…” quote by Paul Kengor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e03/paul-kengor-14302_faith_speaking-of-ronald-reagan-on-the-faith-o_1478331.jpg)
