History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events. Robert Harris More Quotes by Robert Harris More Quotes From Robert Harris If long hitting is the thing that causes the spectators to whistle through their teeth in wonderment, why not play tournaments up and down an expansive stadium? Robert Harris play golf long Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes. Robert Harris stores scales tape A police state is a country run by criminals Robert Harris police running country Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty. Robert Harris guilty suicide feelings You find out what you think by talking to yourself. Robert Harris talking-to-yourself talking thinking That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar. Robert Harris fighting opportunity men I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power. Robert Harris interest political writing You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election. Robert Harris fool winning men People perish. Books are immortal. Robert Harris pompeii book people Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them. Robert Harris luxury men hands But only a fool sails into combat with nature Robert Harris sail combat fool In a generation or two, or maybe sooner, young golfers of true sporting instinct will wonder why all this handling of the ball is necessary. It will seem to them that the game is not as good as it might be. Robert Harris games golf two For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold? Robert Harris gold house people I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together. Robert Harris together writing morning A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written. Robert Harris infinite writing book Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and all that is most base? Or has such excitement? Or more vividly exposes our strengths and weaknesses? Boring? You might as well say that life itself is boring! Robert Harris soul wings men What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them! Robert Harris ashes political careers It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world. Robert Harris perseverance men moving My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected. Robert Harris flukes unexpected careers If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one way. But then time changes, the pattern of light shifts. Maybe you've moved slightly, your perspective has changed. The mountains are the same, but they look very different. Robert Harris me light time history
