Douglas Brinkley famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I learned more about history and literature in the used bookstores in DC than in college libraries.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#College #Library #Bookstores
Forget politics. The real story is the advancements being made in medicine. We're on the verge of conquering cancer and Alzheimer's and numerous other diseases. The DNA revolution has just begun. Scientific advancement usually trumps politics.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Real #Cancer
Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, No.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Zinc #Politician #Grand Canyon
When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Charles Lindbergh, my pantheon of favorite heroes. Then I would write my own things and sew them together and try to make my own book.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Hero #Book #Writing
John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Kings #Drama #Hero
John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes people think he likes to be devil's advocate. Whatever you say, he'll challenge you on.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Black And White #Thinking #Issues
If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#United States #Argentina #Royalty
I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on a pro-environment record of anybody in the U.S. Senate.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Thinking #Environmental #Records
Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Wise #Enemy #Conservative
There is nobody that's ever going to fill Ted Kennedy's shoes, and that's a tall order for somebody in the family to try to live up to.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Order #Shoes #Trying
John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Enemy #Want #Lists
It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Long #President #Bottom
I have a lot of books I want to write.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Book #Writing #Want
I feel like I'm always learning from people.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#People #Feels #Always Learning
Animals interest me more than anything else.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Animal #Interest
I think Ronald Reagan is what happened....The age of Reagan brought conservatism into the mainstream....It also brought us the beginning of the new media-talk radio, the internet, cable television.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Thinking #Media #Age
Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,.
-- Douglas Brinkley

#Hurricanes #Natural #American History

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