Douglas Brinkley Quotes

“I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on a pro-environment record of anybody in the U.S. Senate.”

“It's Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air and Water Acts. Endangered Species Act. Promoted affirmative action. One could go on and on with Nixon as a New Deal liberal on domestic policy and a hawk, but one with great geo-political skills.”

“There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

“A smile is like an instant facelift and an instant mood lift.”

“Smile. It instantly lifts the face, and it just lights up the room.”

“Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.”

“The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.”

“We need to protect our wilderness areas and national parks. Everywhere you travel, you see blight, denuded mountains, logging. If people know what's going on, they'll become activists to safeguard those places.”

“When you feel great, you emanate a certain energy that translates as beautiful. I don't care if you have the standard beauty or not; it's that X-factor that comes through, and the basis of that is good health.”