Famous Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes

  • The Yale graduate who had refused to read outside the course curriculum (the future Pres. Taft) suddenly found himself inspired. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    The Yale graduate who had refused to read outside the course curriculum (the future Pres. Taft) suddenly found himself inspired.– Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • She was never satisfied with anything less than perfection, but she was no grind. She was too interested in people. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    She was never satisfied with anything less than perfection, but she was no grind. She was too interested in people.– Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of conscious wealth and financial success. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of conscious wealth and financial success.– Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • In the reflected gaze of his (her husband’s) steady admiration, she saw the face of the girl he had fallen in love with. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    In the reflected gaze of his (her husband’s) steady admiration, she saw the face of the girl he had fallen in love with.– Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • She feared that she would become a slave to superficial, symbolic duties. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    She feared that she would become a slave to superficial, symbolic duties.– Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • The habit of mobility had become ingrained. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    The habit of mobility had become ingrained.– Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service.– Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country’s cause. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country’s cause.– Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • If he could not go out into the world, the world could come to him. – Doris Kearns Goodwin

    If he could not go out into the world, the world could come to him.– Doris Kearns Goodwin