A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts. — Barbara Cartland Copy Share Image
“Mother was like this sometimes. Conversations became riddles with traps in them, and your answers had consequences.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
There is no useful information contained in historical price movements of securities. — Louis Bachelier Copy Share Image
Justice in holdings is historical; it depends upon what actually has happened. We shall return to this point later. — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
“Follow your heart as long as you live...Bring your whole heart towards excellence...And no limit may be set to art.” — The Instruction of Ptahhotop Copy Share Image
Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos. — Thomas A. Bailey Copy Share Image
Tattooing is historical, cultural and a great form of art but it should always be safe for both the client and the… — William Webb Copy Share Image
I then realized my analytics data was a bit odd. My keywords were no longer with me — Douglas Bader Copy Share Image
On historical you take the known facts, dramatize them, and then stitch them together by invention. It's a projective thing. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely… — Eskinder Nega Copy Share Image
Why do I write historical fiction? Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins-that's why. I'll never forget… — Jennifer Armstrong Copy Share Image
Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always… — Olivier Theyskens Copy Share Image
I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
Personally, speaking as a historian and a storyteller, when it comes to inaccuracy in historical fictioneering, I follow the Shakespeare principle: I'm… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader-a dictator-willing to use those dreaded 'extraordinary measures, which few know how,… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
There are reveries so deep, reveries which help us descend so deeply within ourselves that they rid us of our history. They… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
Only recently serious research into the relationship between photography and art has taken place. Why has it been so long in coming… — Aaron Scharf Copy Share Image
The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
"Playing" the resources of characterology for the sake of clarification and insight into the structures of actual existence is many times more… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“Ale każdy wie, że u nas władza świecka tak samo jak i moja służyć ma jeno Najwyższemu Panu i rozdzielić tego się… — Tomasz Kowalski Copy Share Image
In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“It is too late for me to learn your wisdom in this matter. From the time I knew aught, I have lived… — Roberta Gellis Copy Share Image
What are the facts? Again and again and again – what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In place of the old beliefs of a civilization based on godliness, judgment and historical loyalty, young people are given the new… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
