Paul's lack of concern with the historical Jesus is not due, as some have argued, to his emphasis on Christological rather than… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Indian food has been huge in the UK forever and ever, but that's because it has a historical rooting. America, I think… — Aarti Sequeira Copy Share Image
Although there is a very large literature, still growing almost daily, on the Chinese calendar, its interest is, we suggest, much more… — Joseph Needham Copy Share Image
The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
"Contemporary art" for me is a kind of historical term that describes the 40 years between the Berlin Wall going up and… — Liam Gillick Copy Share Image
No matter how brilliant, amusing or intelligent the creek of abstraction, Dadaism, Minimalism and Conceptualism of the 20th century was, it didn't… — Mark Kostabi Copy Share Image
Puerto Rico is an island separated by an ocean, a language, a culture. All of that put it in a position where… — Nelson Antonio Denis Copy Share Image
Silences enter the process of historical production at four crucial moments: the moment of fact creation (the making of sources); the moment… — Michel-Rolph Trouillot Copy Share Image
It is often reported that the Five Points of Calvinism are the conceptual hard-core of Reformed thought. That is very misleading. The… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Stored personal memories along with handed down collective memories of stories, legends, and history allows us to collate our interactions with a… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
We fight wars not to have peace, but to have a peace worth having. Slavery is peace. Tyranny is peace. For that… — Bill Whittle Copy Share Image
In the index to the six hundred odd pages of Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History, abridged version, the names of Copernicus,… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
If I have the same plan to go into the streets, find random strangers, use art-historical referent from their - from the… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Historically, women's voices were central to food narratives, yet they were marginalized, and what happened at the table, the kitchen, the garden,… — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality… — David Friedrich Strauss Copy Share Image
What we have to do now is to make the public at large aware that what we're looking at is not a… — Ernst Zundel Copy Share Image
My goal is to produce as rich and historical an experience for the reader as I possibly can, to the point where… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Some critics said, 'Hey, why are you writing historical novels?' I say they're not historical, they're contemporary, because people walking around who… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work,… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Wicked eyes are not a good prospect for seminary boys. They want a gentle, soft sort of wife, not a wife who… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
And all times are one time, and all those dead in the past never lived before our definition gives them life, and… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is repeated often enough, it… — Isa Blagden Copy Share Image
It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past… Each… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“What does freedom mean if we accept the fundamental premise that humans are social beings, raised in certain social and historical contexts… — Lila Abu-Lughod Copy Share Image
Probably, if we looked at Da Vinci or Michelangelo with care, we'd see a historical particularity that the work is not treated… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“Katie shook her head in dismay. “I thought being poor was the worst thing that could happen to a girl.” “No, Katie,”… — Jina Bacarr Copy Share Image
I consider myself a person who comes from a Muslim culture. In any case, I would not say that I'm an atheist.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Success is not a function of individual talent. It's the steady accumulation of advantages. It's bound up in so many other broader… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible… The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
“ “I am running back my tent to get my sub-machinegun. There are too many Noggies to kill using a pistol!” He… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
I often tell people who want to write historical fiction: don't read all that much about the period you're writing about; read… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
In becoming a citizen, one undertakes certain duties and responsibilities. One of the more intangible of those duties and responsibilities is no… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and… — James Lafferty Copy Share Image
