18 Quotes by Walter Lord

Just finding it, and as far as that went, I spent a good part of my life enjoying the study of the ship, ever since I was a little kid.

The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.

Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.

Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit – a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor – that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.

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.

But legends are part of great events, and if they help keep alive the memory of gallant self-sacrifice, they serve their purpose.

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.

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.

If wealth meant so little on this cold April night, did it mean so much the rest of the year?