Unlike most fine writers, he wasn't in love with his own words.

Douglas Brinkley
Some Similar Quotes
  1. The soul is healed by being with children. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

  2. It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The... - Roy T. Bennett

  3. As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm... - Harper Lee

  4. Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is... - Andrew Murray

  5. Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion. - Robert Macfarlane

More Quotes By Douglas Brinkley
  1. Cronkite is not a genius at anything except being straight, honest, and normal.

  2. When he (Walter Cronkite) drank, he had an appetite for both history and political bullshit.

  3. Unlike most fine writers, he wasn't in love with his own words.

  4. If life were fattening, Walter Cronkite would weigh 500 pounds.

  5. Cronkite was always one step short of disillusionment.

Related Topics