Jim Bishop quotes

Jim Bishop was an American journalist and author, widely recognized for his books on historical events and figures. His most famous works include "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" and "The Day Christ Died." He gained acclaim for bringing history to life through detailed narrative storytelling. Here are 17 of his quotes:

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla. (Jim Bishop)
Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future. View quote
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Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been. View quote
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What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who wants to write honest history and the one who'd rather write a good story. View quote
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Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons. View quote
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The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face. View quote
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Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. View quote
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When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets? View quote
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It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. View quote
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Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows. View quote
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Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. (Jim Bishop)
A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age in a day. View quote
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A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. View quote
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The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story. View quote
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Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18. View quote
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It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him. View quote
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Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt. View quote
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Jim Bishop

Occupation: American Journalist
Born: November 21, 1907
Died: July 26, 1987
Quotes count: 17
Wikipedia: Jim Bishop

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