“To hold the reader's attention, you have to bring the person who's reading the book inside the experience of the time: What was it like to have been alive then? What were these people like as human beings?” PeopleHumansPersonsHas BeensBookReadingHuman BeingsAttentionAliveReader Author:David McCullough
“I feel very strongly that history is about everything. It isn't just about politics or the military or social issues. If art, music, engineering, science, medicine, finance, the world of architecture and technology - if those are left out, then you're not getting a full sense of the human condition. History is human and we human beings are involved in all kinds of things and that's part of our humanity.” IfsWorldFeelsHumansKindArtHumanityLeftSocialHuman BeingsTechnologyIssuesConditionsMilitaryInvolvedMedicineArchitectureAll KindsFinanceVery StrongHuman ConditionEngineeringSocial IssuesLeft OutArt Music Author:David McCullough
“Why limit yourself to the experience of your own relatively brief time on earth, according to your biological clock, when the whole realm of the human experience reaching back infinitely far is available to you?” HumansWholeEarthLimitsAvailableClockRealmsReachingHuman ExperienceTime On EarthBiological ClockReaching Back Author:David McCullough
“I'm absolutely positive it's in our human nature to want to know about the past. The two most popular movies of all time, while not historically accurate, are about core historic events: 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Titanic.'” KnowsWantHumansTwoPastGoneEventsHuman NatureWindCoreAll TimeAccurateHistoricPopular Movie Author:David McCullough
“There is a human longing to go back to other times. We all know how when we were children we asked our parents, "What was it like when you were a kid?" I think it probably has something to do with our survival as a species.” ThinkingKnowsHumansChildrenKidsParentKnow HowSurvivalLongingSpecies Author:David McCullough
“I think it's important to remember that these men are not perfect. If they were marble gods, what they did wouldn't be so admirable. The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them.” IfsThinkingMenHumansImportantRememberPerfectFoundersMarbleAdmirableNot Perfect Author:David McCullough
“History is not just about dates and quotations. And it's not just about politics, the military and social issues, though much of it of course is about that. It's about everything. It's about life history. It's human. And we have to see it that way. We have to teach it that way. We have to read it that way. It's about art, music, literature, money, science, love - the human experience.” WayHumansArtCoursesLiteratureSocialTeachIssuesMilitaryQuotationsHuman ExperienceSocial IssuesArt MusicScience Love Author:David McCullough
“Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do others, the rest of the 6.8 billion–and those who will follow them. And then you too will discover the great and curious truth of the human experience is that selflessness is the best thing you can do for yourself. The sweetest joys of life, then, come only with the recognition that you’re not special. Because everyone is.” HumansJoyCan DoCreativeSpecialExerciseIndependentSatisfactionBillionsCuriousRecognitionBest ThingsFree WillSelflessnessHuman ExperienceSweetestJoy Of LifeIndependent Thought Author:David McCullough
“The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them.” HumansFounders Author:David McCullough
“The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?” HumansHuman NatureLuckAttractionFactorsTick Author:David McCullough
