Stern accuracy in inquiring, bold imagination in describing, these are the cogs on which history soars or flutters and wobbles. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Such, indeed, is the policy of civil war: severely to remember injuries, and to forget the most important services. Revenge is profitable,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“will help you to create a family health history and share it electronically with relatives and your doctor.” — David B. Agus Copy Share Image
Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody's going to buy their way… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
“The history of American journalism, then, is a history of change. To survive the change foisted on it by new delivery systems,… — Bob Schieffer Copy Share Image
I feel like D.C. is one of the places in America that really holds on to history. The monuments inspire me, especially… — Skylar Grey Copy Share Image
As it is, I played 99 per cent of my football in the Premier League and I'd proud of that fact. That's… — Jermaine Jenas Copy Share Image
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
The dignity of history consists in reciting events with truth and accuracy, and in presenting human agents and their actions in an… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
“But airports lead you way back in history like oases, like the stops on the great trade routes. The sight of air… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Obama liberals, in their incalculable arrogance, believe they are smart enough to defy everything we know about human nature, economics and history… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Were it necessary to bring a majority into a comprehension of the libertarian philosophy, the cause of liberty would be utterly hopeless.… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
In a very real sense, the Constitution is our compact with history . . . [but] the Constitution can maintain that compact… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
“The last time Wendell's mother had caught them playing cowboys and Indians, she'd read them a twenty-minute lecture on the history of… — Ursula Vernon Copy Share Image
As a freelance writer, I'd be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject, whether food or wine or… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
“I feel so sorry for anyone who misses the experience of history, the horizons of history. We think little of those who,… — David G. McCullough Copy Share Image
This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
I can read a newspaper article, and it might trigger something else in my mind. I often like to choose in historical… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
“It seemed as if many times in history, when things were not so good economically or politically, the political class turned to… — William Struse Copy Share Image
A guy like Scott [Robinson] plays the whole history of music on every instrument you've ever heard of. He's just kind of… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
What 'Strong Island' does is bring a historical perspective and help people understand that what we're treating as a modern-day phenomenon is… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
“Our past shapes our future whether we realize it or not. Remembering well is as important as doing well." -- Jonita Mullins” — Jonita Mullins Copy Share Image
Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Behold, at this hour our moral history is being preserved for eternity. Processes are at work which will perpetuate our every act… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“blatant, intentional discrimination against women is far from being something merely to be read about in history books.” — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
When I reached 100 matches, I was among the four youngest players with the most games played in Real Madrid's history. That's… — Vinicius Junior Copy Share Image
[Geology] may be looked upon as the history of the earth's changes during preparation for the reception of organized beings, a history,… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.” — Seth Daniel Parker Copy Share Image
Fashion only seems to make sense if it's rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
As a Christian I take it for granted that human history will some day end; and I am offering Omniscience no advice… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If you know from history the danger, then part of the danger is over because it may not take you by surprise… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
“Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The Fourth of July isn't all about barbecues and fireworks. It's also about freedom, liberty and the birthday of our country. Teach… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world. — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
If one could make alive again for other people some cobwebbed skein of old dead intrigues and breathe breath and character into… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
“He may seem the fool who has given his all, by the wise men of the world; but it was the apparent… — Patrick Pearse Copy Share Image
When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image