Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Barbara W. Tuchman
American historian, journalist, and author
Barbara W. Tuchman was an American historian, journalist, and author. She lived in the 20th century and won the Pulitzer Prize twice. She is best known for her history writing, especially "The Guns of August," which examined the prelude to and first month of World War I, and "Stilwell and the American Experience in China," her biography of General Joseph Stilwell. Her work focused on military history and the people and events that shaped major wars.
More from Barbara W. Tuchman (89 quotes) →Other sayings from Barbara W. Tuchman
- “I will only mention that the independent power of words to affect the writing of history is a thing to be wat…”Barbara W. Tuchman
- “William McKinley was a man made to be managed.”Barbara W. Tuchman
- “They resented the patronage they depended upon.”Barbara W. Tuchman
- “Government was rarely more than a choice between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”Barbara W. Tuchman
Explore Curiosity
- “I found, when I was working in restaurants, that I did have this sort of natural curiosity about why things w…”J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
- “Life is a bit like a sweet & toy & art & curiosity shop - all in one - only the best bits are free. If you lo…”Jay Woodman
- “I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introdu…”Ted Allen
More Education quotes
- “Do not quit. Hang on the wings of hope.”Lailah Gifty Akita
- “It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.”Oliver Wendell Holmes
- “All a child's life depends on the ideal it has of its parents. Destroy that and everything goes - morals, beh…”E.M. Forster