Author: Robert Caro

Quotes

I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.

I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.

- Robert Caro

Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work.

Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work.

- Robert Caro

You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.

You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.

- Robert Caro

Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years.

Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years.

- Robert Caro

The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15.

The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15.

- Robert Caro

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives.

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives.

- Robert Caro

I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.

I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.

- Robert Caro

As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.

As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.

- Robert Caro

Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.

Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.

- Robert Caro

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