The popular story is that America was built by immigrants and that, therefore, everything about immigration is good and leads to a… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
The dollar represents a one dollar debt to the Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve Banks create money out of thin air… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“The beauty of a woman is that no two are the same. They are all different. It follows then that to be… — Shane K.P. O'Neill Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
In many regards, the West is dependent on Russia as a partner. Showing consideration for Russian sensitivities when it comes to old,… — Heinrich August Winkler Copy Share Image
This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
The historical museum has to be very conservative and careful in its choices. The modern museum, on the other hand, has to… — Alfred H. Barr, Jr Copy Share Image
If we're ignorant of the historical sacrifices that made our liberties possible, we will be less likely to make the sacrifices again… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Regarding the Economy & Taxation: America's most successful achievers do pay a higher share of the total tax burden. The top one… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Above all, documentary must reflect the problems and realities of the present. It cannot regret the past; it is dangerous to prophesy… — Paul Rotha Copy Share Image
[My wife] liked to collect old encyclopedias from second-hand bookstores, and at one point we had eight of them. When I wrote… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is interesting to note that the "sexual revolution" was sometimes portrayed as a communal utopia, whereas in fact it was simply… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I believe that the Europeans, first and foremost, the Germans, will also understand me. Let me remind you that in the course… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The recently ended twentieth century was characterized by a level of human rights violations unparalleled in all of human history. In his… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations,… — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
Blending consensus historical events and personages with imaginary occult forces is a strong recipe for counterfactual storytelling goodness that combines the best… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray… — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other,… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
Historical investigation and literary criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it a composite human book, written… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life's triumphs and… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are… — Tim Reid Copy Share Image
Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
What an exciting super-tomorrow it will be! Americans are today making the greatest scientific developments in our history. That is a promise… — Clarence Francis Copy Share Image
Muse, time has taught me that all metaphysical systems, even historical facts given as truths, are hardly that, so I amuse myself… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become… — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Copy Share Image
It is wiser, I believe, to arrive at theory by way of evidence rather than the other way around… It is more… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
I'm not really frightened by experimenting - that's the main thing. I really like mixing very old beautiful pieces that are from… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
“Tim says he never suggested a historical romance. If I did write one nobody would read it. But why not try my… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
A historical perspective can also help free us from the ever-present danger -- especially at danger in the social sciences -- of… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
If, occasionally, historical evidence does not square with formulated laws, it should be remembered that a law is but a deduction from… — Immanuel Velikovsky Copy Share Image
I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happened to be a huge historical turning… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The felt unreliability of human experience brought about by the inhuman acceleration of historical change has led every sensitive modern mind to… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“To the extent that it remains true to itself, the historical method not only has to investigate the biblical word as a… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The ones that were relevant while I wrote my book were books like "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, which is based on a… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
![“[My wife] liked to collect old encyclopedias from second-hand bookstores, and at one point we had eight of them. When I wrote my first historical novel---back in 1980, before I was online---I used them often as a research tool. For instance, I learned that the Bastille was either 90 feet high or…” quote by Robert Anton Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/75d/robert-anton-wilson-1198_bastille_my-wife-liked-to-collect-old-encyclopedi_864543.jpg)
