Composers can do things that weren't allowed in the 17th…

Recently I was reading somewhere or other an Italian curio-dealer who attempted to sell a 17th century crucifix to J.P. Morgan. Inside it was…

— George Orwell

With Brexit, and I think the extraordinary strain it's put on our constitution and our representative democracy, I do sometimes feel like I'm in…

— Nicky Morgan

Perhaps people need to understand some history here. Rene Descartes, in the late 16th, early 17th century, postulated that body, mind, physicality and spirituality…

— Edgar Mitchell

“It combined corrupt simplicity with delicate ferocity, a curious variety of civilization; a tiger with a simper.”

— Victor Hugo

I'm from Holland and the history of "Admiral" is something you would read about when you're at school. Nobody knows about these stories and…

— Roel Reine

Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are…

— Viggo Mortensen

I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge…

— Amy Smart

I'd share a pic if the digital camera battery wasn't as flat as 17th century Earth.

— Simon Haynes

You cannot gauge the intelligence of an American by talking with him; you must work with him. The American polishes and refines his way…

— Eric Hoffer

Technologically I live in the 17th century. I have a very simple cell phone. I say I live through the kindness of strangers, because…

— Iris Apfel

Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have…

— Kary Mullis

Order can arise from chaos without anyone or anything directing the process when unstable combinations of atoms perish and others persist. In the 17th…

— Catherine Wilson

The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly wrong.

— Marvin Olasky

The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain a focus…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Religion is a practical discipline and in the 17th century in the West, we turned it onto a head trip. But it's like dancing,…

— Karen Armstrong