“In the foreign country, we call the past, crucifixion was a common punishment. It was invented by the Persians, carried back to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front. — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
There's a long history of artificial intelligence programs that try to mimic what the brain is doing, but they've all fallen short. — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
History. The more of it you have the more you have to live it. After a little while there gets to be… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“And though history sadly doesn't credit the man who first thought of tilting a bicycle's steering axis, it is more likely to… — Robert Penn Copy Share Image
There is no one like Toto in history in that we were both successful as session musicians and also had a band… — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
The history of thought, and therefore all history, is the re-enactment of past thought in the historian's own mind. — Robin G. Collingwood Copy Share Image
'Good wine needs no bush', and if there were need to urge the reading of history it would be proof that history… — Albert Bushnell Hart Copy Share Image
There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Well, let's see. There's-of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
I am concerned that there's a cavalier attitude to the Irish Peace Process. What poor memories some have; I remember only too… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“To look back before 1800 is to enter another world, one where the number of institutions for the mad was a tiny… — Mike Jay Copy Share Image
Ever since about 1998, when humankind began fast-forwarding through the gradually-unfolding history of progress, like someone impatiently zipping through a YouTube clip… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Americans like to get rich fast. That this means we go broke fast, too, is something that we have become very good… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
Life is not at all what you might think it to be A simple tale where each thing has its history It's… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
What we still haven't done is really learned and embraced our history. When we do that, we'll no longer be doubtful and… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Women are practically invisible on the pages of Canadian history textbooks, too often overshadowed by the feats of famous men.” — Merna Forster Copy Share Image
“At certain times in history cultures have taken it for granted that a person wasn't fully human unless he or she learned… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
For America, the period of 1800 to 1920 was an unparalleled time of broad expansion and growth driven by extraordinary factors unlike… — Philip Anschutz Copy Share Image
“They enter the dreams, they create scenes in your dream to trick the systems. The systems think your dream was reality. They… — Maria Karvouni Copy Share Image
Many times, I'd spend the night walking the city streets: the Trevi fountain, in the dark, is so beautiful it moves you,… — Alisson Copy Share Image
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
To those of you who seek lost objects of history, I wish you the best of luck. They're out there, and they're… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I feel a great responsibility playing a historical figure because whether they were good or bad, I feel like the person deserves… — Vincent Piazza Copy Share Image
I think that the history of the past hundred years has shown us that, by and large, the one linguistic group to… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Filmmakers began to experiment with special effects almost as soon as motion pictures were invented. The history of special effects is the… — Ben Burtt Copy Share Image
What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
... someday we'll remember so much we'll build the biggest goddamn steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“History is humankind trying to get a grip. Obviously not easy. But it could go better if you would pay a little… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
There's a great book called 'Britain's Black Past' edited by Gretchen Gerzina. It has a myriad of stories and angles on black… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
To be an American is not...a matter of blood; it is a matter of an idea--and history is the image of that… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Look at the American history of slavery. Can you say that hundreds of years later that has been eased? That pain has… — Anohni Copy Share Image
My only advice is, follow your dream and do whatever you like to do the most. I chose journalism because I wanted… — Jorge Ramos Copy Share Image
The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Obviously, I would have been happier if Canada had not been conquered in the past by the English, if this part of… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
