Tuchman Guns Quotes & Sayings

What is it about this book - essentially a military history of the first month of the First World War - which gives it its stamp and has created its enormous reputation? Four qualities stand out: a wealth of vivid detail which keeps the reader immersed in events, almost as an eyewitness; a prose style which is transparently clear, intelligent, controlled and witty; a cool detachment of moral judgment - Mrs. Tuchman is never preachy or reproachful; she draws on skepticism, not cynicism, leaving the reader not so much outraged by human villainy as amused and saddened by human folly. These first three qualities are present in all of Barbara Tuchman's work, but in The Guns of August there is a fourth which makes the book, once taken up, almost impossible to set aside. Remarkably, she persuades the reader to suspend any foreknowledge of what is about to happen. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Lady Eleanor sat at the window seat of her chambers, gently stroking her son's head in her lap. — Jeff Wheeler

He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

were we ordered to make a temple of wood and stone to the Spirit, inasmuch as such worship is due to God alone, it would be a clear proof of the Spirit's divinity; how much clearer a proof in that we are not to make a temple to him, but to be ourselves that temple. — John Calvin

Life without fun is boring ,so enjoy your life by reading books. — Myself

Yeah, listen you should really stop now, because I'm betting on the smartest thing that ever could come out of your mouth is a penis. — Christine Zolendz

I hope at some point in my career when my name is mentioned, someone will say "Oh yeah he has a good song!" I'd be happy with that. — Brian McKnight

Boys, the first drink is a boon, the second is a gamble, the third is poor judgment, and then the rate of descent gets steep — Garrison Keillor

All rehab can do is tell you what's wrong with you and then suggest ways for you to get better. — Ozzy Osbourne

It's like being at an animal shelter, where I want to be the one the most skittish dog takes a liking to. — Emery Lord

You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice. — Louis Sachar

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued. — Thomas Huxley

One does one's thinking before one knows what one is to think about. — Julian Jaynes

Once the divinity of doctrine has been questioned there is no return to perfect faith. — Barbara W. Tuchman