Top 81 Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

About Douglas Brinkley

These are some quotes by American author Douglas Brinkley Author, who was born on December 14, 1960.

It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom rung of presidents.

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

Theodore Roosevelt had been enthralled with the idea of Texas since 1883, when he arrived in the Dakota Territory to ranch cattle.

Theodore Roosevelt had been enthralled with the idea of Texas since 1883, when he arrived in the Dakota Territory to ranch cattle.

Douglas Brinkley

There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.

There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.

Douglas Brinkley

I was stunned to find out there had never been a serious, scholarly biography ever written on Rosa Parks.

I was stunned to find out there had never been a serious, scholarly biography ever written on Rosa Parks.

Douglas Brinkley

President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.

President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.

Douglas Brinkley

Usually, one day in a century rises above the others as an accepted turning point or historic milestone. It becomes the climactic day, or 'the day,' of that century.

Usually, one day in a century rises above the others as an accepted turning point or historic milestone. It becomes the climactic day, or 'the day,' of that century.

Douglas Brinkley

Truman has become the patron saint of failed presidents because he left office with a 27 percent approval rating, and people were saying, 'To err is Truman,' yet look at what he did: the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, the Truman Doctrine.

Douglas Brinkley

Broadcast radio was entering its own golden age during the Depression, with live programming on stations all through the day. Local stations needed singers, musicians, announcers, and whipcord personalities, along with Christian clergy to give prayers and pundits to speak on world affairs.

Douglas Brinkley

Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize.

Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize.

Douglas Brinkley

Everybody trusted Cronkite because he reminded them of their favorite uncle or trusted family physician. Being square in the age of the Beatles made Cronkite retro cool.

Everybody trusted Cronkite because he reminded them of their favorite uncle or trusted family physician. Being square in the age of the Beatles made Cronkite retro cool.

Douglas Brinkley

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