Quotes by : Shelby Foote

He is the kind of person I should expect to rescue one from a mad dog at any risk but then insist on....

A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive.....

I used to write sonnets and various things, and moved from there into writing prose, which, incidentally,....

Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm....

Longevity conquers scandal every time.

We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned....

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both contribute....

Right now I'm thinking a good deal about emancipation. One of our sins was slavery, another was emancipation.....

I'm crazy about Grant: his character, his nature, his science in fighting and everything else. But I....