"[While writing history], I've kept the most interesting company imaginable with people long gone. Some I've come to know better than many I know in real life, since in real life we don't get to read o..."
- David McCullough
"Measurements "are never enough. The artist's eye and desire to breathe life into the subject must be the deciding factors."
"Those for whom things came easily usually made less of an effort, not more."
"One of the regrets of my life is that I did not study Latin. I'm absolutely convinced, the more I understand these eighteenth century people, that it was that grounding in Greek and Latin that gave th..."
"...it is always easier to deal with things than with men, and no one can direct his life entirely as he would choose. -Wilbur Wright, 1911"
"We who are residing in a foreign country, away from the immediate scene of action, perhaps can feel more deeply than those at home the evil effects of the present distracted condition of our country."
"There was no opiate like a French pillow."
"All the money anyone needs is just enough to prevent one from being a burden to others. -Bishop Milton Wright"
"Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.” (Wellesly High School commencement speech, “You Are Not Special”, 6-12)"
- Teacher David McCullough
"The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life is an achievement. To do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance."
- David McCullough Jr.