I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“Alas, the historical name is ‘actor-network-theory’, a name that is so awkward, so confusing, so meaningless that it deserves to be kept.” — Bruno Latour Copy Share Image
Almost all the voices in history have been men, but on this one question of gender, men don't talk about it. This… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
“Historians rewrite the truth every day. What interests us is the truth that gets the reader to reach for his wallet” — Andreï Makine Copy Share Image
“The rationale of family-based discipleship is multi-generational faithfulness to God. We must learn the lessons of history lest we repeat the mistakes… — Joseph Stephen Copy Share Image
Learn the lesson of your own pain--learn to seek God, not in any single event of past history, but in your own… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
Music pulled me like a gravitational force. I entered college as a physics major but left as a Bachelor of Music, a… — Marshall Brickman Copy Share Image
“No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read." ( The Course of Human Events , NEH… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Whether history will view Ronald Reagan as a great president depends, more than anything else, on one question: how much credit does… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
“A little heads up would have been nice. Hey Heather, since we're history partners and all, I figured I should tell you… — Chelsea Fine Copy Share Image
I truly do believe that history teaches that weakness arouses evil, and whether it be the horrific attack in France, the inspired… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I enrolled to do a TAFE course on Indigenous Studies, and over the next two-and-a-half years of my course I learned so… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
“The individual strands of our joint history are intertwined. Yet in our attempts to negotiate resolutions to a myriad of conflicts, we… — Paulette Regan Copy Share Image
Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society.… — Tansy Rayner Roberts Copy Share Image
... if, as women, we accept a philosophy of history that asserts that women are by definition assimilated into the male universal,that… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Throughout our history the United States has benefited form having stronger relationships, including investments in Europe, that have kept us and the… — Julian Castro Copy Share Image
However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
And history s fingers never relax their grip, never leave us unmolested, can touch us even when we would never imagine their… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Indeed, if "biology is chemistry with history," as somebody has said, then nature writing is biology with love. — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
History will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy. — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
“speculation in history is never rock-solid, it is reasonable to think that had the Titanic been launched on schedule, she may not… — Henry Freeman Copy Share Image
I studied history when I was at school, at A-level, actually. I wouldn't profess to being very knowledgeable though, no. — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
It should be self-evident that women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Yet throughout history, those in power… — Isabella Lovin Copy Share Image
I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the… — Brian Austin Green Copy Share Image
We have to look at our history and realize that if they pretend to be our friend it's because they've got something… — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
The law cannot save those who deny it but neither can the law serve any who do not use it. The history… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
If you could have imagined that someone is happy that Obama is president, it has to be Jimmy Carter because he is… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
Study the history of revival. God has always sent revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today! — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
Again and again there comes a time in history when the man who dares to say that two and two make four… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had…… — Humphrey Lyttelton Copy Share Image
I didn't know at all I wanted to do TV. I thought I might go to law school. I might want to… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
In order for us, black and white, to disenthrall ourselves from the harshest slavemaster, racism, we must disinter our buried history… We… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
It is surely indisputable that no single leader in the twentieth century exerted as great an influence on the course of world… — Dmitri Volkogonov Copy Share Image
The history of the Workers' Party of Korea is a proud course it has traveled shouldering the destiny of the people and… — Kim Jong-un Copy Share Image
