Quote

Politics was not just about winning the election, it was about winning decisively--having the momentum to carry out one's vision. Historically, any president who squeaked into office on a narrow margin accomplished much less he was weakened right out of the gate, and Congress never seemed to let him forget it.

Dan Brown

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Dan Brown
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 22
Author
Journalist
Musician
Novelist
Prosaist
Teacher
Writer
Exeter
New Hampshire
Daniel Gerhard Brown
President
Election
Margins
Right
Congress
Historically
Much
Office
Momentum
Never
Vision
Narrow
Squeaked
Winning
Gates
Decisively
Politics
Accomplished
Weakened
Forget
Seemed
Margin
Less
Carry
Gate

More quotes by Dan Brown

Image
Death is usually an all-or-nothing thing!
Dan Brown
Image
The truth, however, was stranger still.
Dan Brown
Image
We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.
Dan Brown
Image
Neutrinos have mass? i didn't even know they're Catholic! Robert to Vittoria
Dan Brown
Image
Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh. ...And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion.
Dan Brown
Image
Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we could die. Instead, our minds block out our existential fears by focusing on stresses we can handle—like getting to work on time or paying our taxes.
Dan Brown
Image
There is a fine line between insanity and genius.
Dan Brown
Image
Perception is transformed, and a new reality is born.
Dan Brown
Image
Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.
Dan Brown
Image
By its very nature, history is always a one-sided account.
Dan Brown
Image
History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?
Dan Brown
Image
Authors, he thought. Even the sane ones are nuts.
Dan Brown
Image
I read nonfiction almost exclusively - both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.
Dan Brown
Image
As he flushed, an unexpected realization hit him. This is the Pope's toilet, he thought. I just took a leak in the Pope's toilet. He had to chuckle. The Holy Throne.
Dan Brown
Image
The greatest story ever told is, in fact, the greatest story ever sold
Dan Brown
Image
Langdon turned to Sophie. Who is that? What... happened? Teabing hobbled over. You were rescued by a knight brandishing an Excalibur made by Acme Orthopedic.
Dan Brown
Image
I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.
Dan Brown
Image
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.
Dan Brown
Image
I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not happy with.
Dan Brown
Image
All around the world, we are gazing skyward waiting for God… Never realizing that God is waiting for us.
Dan Brown