History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything. — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Florence Nightingale. She is one of the most dynamic social entrepreneurs in history. — Neil Blumenthal Copy Share Image
We have at our fingertips information that 500 years ago would have made the poorest man a prince. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
We have a great history; we have a great humanist face to put forward to the world. — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
“The truth is often so much more complicated than the digest version that's handed down to us.” — Megan Smolenyak Copy Share Image
The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
This is a proud moment for our city. This is the first time we have won a Finals game in this city,… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
“I was brought up Christian, then I was agnostic and then I realized I was atheist... This movie [Agora] is about fundamentalism… — Alejandro Amenábar Copy Share Image
“A Natural History of the Senses, author Diane Ackerman says, “The brain is a good stagehand. It gets on with its work… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
So much history can be lost if no one tells the story -- so that's what I do. I tell the stories.… — Alanis Obomsawin Copy Share Image
The First Australians are the true cooks and 'food inventors' of these lands and their exclusion from our history, and specifically our… — Jock Zonfrillo Copy Share Image
“Nothing in this world, is completely new. That's why we study history and compare today, with the past. In the end, every… — Da Xia Copy Share Image
I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
In the words of a very famous dead person, 'A nation that does not know its history is doomed to do poorly… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Even in the obscure vast history of a planet the time it takes to make a forest counts. It takes a while.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Toraf is one of the best Trackers in Syrena history. His ability to sense others of his kind is acute, but more… — Anna Banks Copy Share Image
“Waktu mendengar gamelan dan menghirup bau bunga bercampur kemenyan, pikiran saya pasti melayang ke masa lampau. Orang-orang memungut bunga di permadani yang… — Sulastin Sutrisno Copy Share Image
False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news False history gets written… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“I said. “I’m fine. I have a little bit of a head ache, but I’m not dizzy or nauseous. I can walk… — J.M. Richards Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Gunn would be an important figure-rewarding, delightful, accomplished, enduring-in the history of English-language poetry even were his life not as fascinating as… — Stephen Burt Copy Share Image
“Nations tend to see the other side's war atrocities as systemic and indicative of their culture and their own atrocities as justified… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm here to make history. I'm not here to get punched in the face and be just another one. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
“some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Ideology demands it. Society exacts it. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I wake up ready to right and I feel like I'm on the right side of history every day. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I just couldn't do a comedy show about 'The History Of Dinosaurs;' I'd get bored too easily. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills? — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
“All of life and history is holding you on its shoulders so you can stretch one atom further.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The great thing about America is that people take its history and mythologise it. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
If you look at my history, my history is that of forming bands rather than joining them. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Cherishing Columbus is a characteristic of white history, not American history. — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image