Walter Lord Quotes

Walter Lord
American Author
Born: Oct 8, 1917
Died: May 19, 2002
Birthday Caught Extraordinary Just People Through
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed. Walter Lord
Great People Sometimes Matter Heroes Be Nice Rich Nice Bastards Indeed Say Characters Would Would-Be Fact Through Noble Come Like Well Came Off Very Privileged Behave Behaved Fancy Poor Rich People
I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations. Walter Lord
People Extraordinary Something Highly Look Involving Unusual Caught Situations Ordinary Ordinary People Ordinary Situations
Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake. Walter Lord
Birthday Cake Stem Like Stern Looked She Lit Brilliantly
I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing. Walter Lord
Writing Earned Somehow Through Never Dollar
Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage. Walter Lord
Me Courage Once Runs Thread Physical Physical Courage Someone Through Intellectual Personal Just Plain Them Premium
There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it. Walter Lord
People Think About Exceptions Had Couple Mostly Talking Although Passed Were Years Very Families Just Want Interested Plain Forty Forty Years Even
It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research. Walter Lord
Funny Today People Research Funny Thing More Doing Were Than Titanic Much Aware Thing

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