Facts about Walter Lord

Occup.	Author
From	USA
Born	October 8, 1917
Died	May 19, 2002
Aged	84 years

Summary

Walter Lord was a famous Author from USA, who lived between October 8, 1917 and May 19, 2002. He/she became 84 years old.

Zodiac:

He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 9 quotes who is written / told by Walter.

9 Famous quotes by Walter Lord

"I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing"

"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"

"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"

"You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect"

"I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations"

"Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake"

"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"

"Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future"

"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"