“I hope to God there are no wars for him or anyone to fight in after this one.” — Mark Ellis Copy Share Image
I would like people to get a differentiated historical view of Germany. — Barbara Sukowa Copy Share Image
A lack of the historical sense is the hereditary fault of all philosophers. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human… — Wilhelm Dilthey Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of historical fiction stuff. Historical battles - 'Gladiators,' 'The Patriot.' — Andrew Luck Copy Share Image
Earth Day is the first holy day...and is devoted to the harmony of nature... The celebration offends no historical calendar, yet it… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
“The soap opera was followed by a game show: money for nothing was coming back into fashion.” — Zin Murphy Copy Share Image
I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men. — Bob Hoskins Copy Share Image
Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The 'inquests' which resulted in the compilation of the Domesday Book made a vivid and unfavorable impression on the country. A similar… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers on my refrigerator… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
That is why the Aethenian law makers so decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. I am asking… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I sometimes wish taste wasn't ever an issue, and the sounds of instruments or synths could be judged solely on their colour… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
Every Jewish holiday has a religious significance, a historical significance, and a relevance to the time of year in the natural calendar… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Putin never wanted all of Ukraine. He wanted for historical purposes to take Crimea. He did. Then he wanted a part of… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
You can decide to invade Russia at dinner, pick Waterloo for battle on a whim. It's the details, the small stuff. Its… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Artists have their existential questions as human beings, and they address these questions in their works. But they are also thinking in… — Gunnar Kvaran Copy Share Image
By the same right under which France took Flanders, Lorraine and Alsace, and will sooner or later take Belgium -- by that… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
Moreover, the eye contains a big flaw: the retina is inside out. Why would an almighty designer do such a thing? No… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry,” he said in a soft voice while leaning closer to her, “for taking liberties earlier. I hope I didn’t offend… — Sherri Browning Copy Share Image
What would it mean if there were a theory that explained everything? And just what does "everything" actually mean, anyway? Would this… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
In this cultural moment, many of us are feeling inadequate to solve societal problems - fascism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, the list… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
Most expositions of Aristotle's doctrines, when they have not been dictated by a spirit of virulent detraction, or unsympathetic indifference, have carefully… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a simple technology… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
I do photograph things for people to look at 100 years from now. But we're such a mediated society that things become… — Catherine Opie Copy Share Image
I think the only difference between me and other people is that when I hear of an interesting historical incident, I immediately… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“I have been up too congress, and they do not seem to do anything except eat peanuts and chew tobacco while my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
