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

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

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

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

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
