“That first scream, my lord, was indeed your daughter, my wife, and if you kill me, your grandchild will be quite without… — Deeanne Gist Copy Share Image
Paul created a theology of which none but the vaguest warrants can be found in the words of Christ. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to… — Shawn Ryan Copy Share Image
Buddhism, I think, is probably facing the single most difficult transition from one historical epoch to another, which is really the transition… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Coconut oil has been described as the “World's Healthiest Dietary Oil”. There is a mountain of historical evidence and medical research to… — Bruce Fife Copy Share Image
As the 20th century ended, there were around 120 democracies in the world - and I can assure you more are on… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on society. They can help with… — Charles Moore Copy Share Image
The threat of environmental crisis is the 'international disaster key' to unlock the New World Order. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“You are correct in saying that desires often come from things we cannot easily gain - mine, being that of your love.… — Renee Vincent Copy Share Image
My second novel, 'The Luminaries,' is set in the New Zealand gold rushes of the 1860s, though it's not really a historical… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
The occurrence of successive forms of life upon our globe is an historical fact, which cannot be disputed; and the relation of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So we've done science songs. We've done historical songs. A lot of people would like us to do more historical songs. Our… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
It's a historical thing, up to the 19th century the English hated the French. Then in the 20th century the English started… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
As a society in turmoil, we are going to see more, and more various, attempts to simulate order through repression; and art… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In some places you can find an extreme blackness used as a descriptive. I also take into account historical realities that some… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
Okay, NATO expanded to East Berlin and East Germany. Under [Bill] Clinton NATO expanded further, to the former Russian satellites. In 2008… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is one of the great ironies of human history that some mortals with incorrect understanding of God and life's purposes sometimes… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The strongest wish of a vast number of earnest men and women to-day is for a basis of religious belief which shall… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
Mister Cameron - I have read the unexpurgated Ovid, the love poems of Sappho, the Decameron in the original, and a great… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
[Sacrifice of Isaac] is a major theme of the so-called Elohist [one authorial strand in the Pentateuch]. It is marked by all… — Frank Moore Cross Copy Share Image
What I want to express is a feeling-various emotions that I am experiencing at the time-whether it is anger or hope or… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
America was discovered accidentally by a great seaman who was looking for something else; when discovered it was not wanted; and most… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting. — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
History must repeat itself because we pay such little attention to it the first time. — Blackie Sherrod Copy Share Image
As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation. — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
“Love was something he had banished from his life years ago out of necessity, but she made him yearn to be loved.” — Stacy Reid Copy Share Image
“Dying a thousand deaths in my head to protect you is better than losing you one time in the flesh." ~ Gustaf… — Renee Vincent Copy Share Image
I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion. — Olivier Theyskens Copy Share Image
There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too. — Mike Love Copy Share Image
I would say to the new leadership the American people are ready to meet you if you move forward toward the path… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. — Charles XII of Sweden Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is in many ways an African writer and 'Hamlet' would be seen as a very accurate historical saga about an African… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Ancient history, besides the still unequalled excellence of the writers, is the best instrument for cultivating the historical sense. — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
The great thing about really heightened historical dramas is that they can convey much larger themes. — Cynthia Addai-Robinson Copy Share Image
History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs — Voltaire Copy Share Image