I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art. — Kristen Wiig Copy Share Image
As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
He who defines his conduct by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions. — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
Man is above all else mind, consciousness -- that is, he is a product of history, not of nature. — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war. — Lane Evans Copy Share Image
History has shown that challenging an incumbent president in the primary almost inevitably leads to defeat in the general election. — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
“History is made only by those who oppose history (not by those who insert themselves into it, or even reshape it).” — Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari Copy Share Image
The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isn’t… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It is time that we, who are without kings, took up this bright thread of our history and followed it to the… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
My work since the late '80s specifically questioned what was presented as the "natural" order of things in the history of post… — Deborah Kass Copy Share Image
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There are several sources for my appreciation of pastors and the way they are described in this book. One of them is… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Then he looked at me and I jumped back a little. In the moonlight I could see his eyes were that red… — Jade Copy Share Image
History is filled with examples of men and women who rendered highly effective performance without the conventional badges of accomplishment in terms… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
We have to transpose ourselves into this impressionability of mind, into this sensitivity to tears and spiritual repentance, intothis susceptibility, before we… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Now, more than any time previous in human history, we must arm ourselves with an ethical code so that each of us… — Sholem Asch Copy Share Image
I get letters from two kinds of readers. History buffs, who love to read history and biography for fun, and then kids… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined. — Raquel Cepeda Copy Share Image
How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow. — Christopher Golden Copy Share Image
History is nothing more than the belief in the senses, the belief in falsehood. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats. — Eugen Weber Copy Share Image
Throughout history, females have picked providers for males. Males pick anything. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
It's incredibly important to understand history... when it comes to inequality. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
Just like I am obsessed with the history of fashion, I love reading about the history of makeup. — Cyndi Lauper Copy Share Image
“History doesn't repeat itself, but it harmonizes, and what it usually makes is the devil's music.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
What was the point of living through history if you didn't record it? — Tatjana Soli Copy Share Image
Sciences were not my favourite subjects at school. I preferred English, drama, music, and history. — Tamzin Outhwaite Copy Share Image
Great romances in history end in death. Romeo and Juliet, JFK and Jackie, Siegfried and Froi, — Vinnie Copy Share Image
When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward. — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
“History: the lies of the victors, the self-delusions of the defeated.” — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
