Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Rupert Hughes (American Historian)

Rupert Hughes (1872–1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes, Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes, Jr. His three-volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground in demythologizing Washington and was well received by historians. A staunch anti-Communist, in the 1940s he served as president of the American Writers Association, a group of anti-Communist writers.

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Patrick Henry was more impressed by Washington’s quiet conversation than by the fervid oratory of others. When asked whom he considered the greatest man in Congress, he answered: “Rutledge, if you speak of eloquence, is by far the greatest orator, but Colonel Washington, who has no pretensions to eloquence, is a man of more solid judgment and information than any man on that floor.”
Rupert Hughes
Topics: Conversation

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.
Rupert Hughes

Her face was her chaperone.
Rupert Hughes
Topics: Face, Insults, Faces

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