The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common… — Taylor Branch Copy Share Image
The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They… — Harry S Truman Copy Share Image
A valid question. We know nothing about their language, their history or what they look like. But we can assume this: they… — Zapp Brannigan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I watch myself fly. For in the history of human flight it is not yet so very late; and a man… — Wolfgang Langewiesche Copy Share Image
We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Philosophy deals in the abstract and the universal, but not in the particular. History deals only in the particular, not with general… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I mean, in the history of poetry there have been a lot poetries where you have to inherit the position of poet… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental. People make history when they scale a mountain, ignite a bomb, or refuse… — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Copy Share Image
“I am _not_ a woman from your village." His eyes narrowed. "No, you are not, for if you were, you would be… — Pamela Clare Copy Share Image
Native American isn't blood. It is what is in the heart. The love for the land, the respect for it, those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Poor little girl. Poor little girl," Nan says, and at first I think she is speaking of the baby, perhaps it is… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
At the beginning of human history, as we struggled to light fires and to chisel fallen trees into rudimentary canoes, who could… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Having done 300 television shows and almost 60 movies, I'm tired of having guys who are younger than some sandwiches I've had,… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
Everyone who raps isn't hip-hop. To be hip-hop, you've got to know the culture. You got to know the history. — Ice T Copy Share Image
History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
America seemed a virgin land waiting for civilization. But Europe had made the wilderness it found; America was not a virgin, she… — Ronald Wright Copy Share Image
We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgment on the past. — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
When states like Alabama and Arizona passed some of the harshest immigration laws in history, my Attorney General took them on in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The history of fan fiction demonstrates how efficient, and effective, women have been at pooling together to get what they want out… — Sherwood Smith Copy Share Image
“I wrote this book because I had formed a strong impression that the people currently living were paying insufficient attention to the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
No one is in charge of this process, this is what makes history so interesting, it's a runaway freight train on a… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“It is part of the fascination of the study of history that we often know more about what went on a hundred… — William Stewart Wallace 1932 Copy Share Image
I have made a lot of tactical decisions that historians will look back and say: He shouldn't have done that. He shouldn't… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia. — Herodotus Copy Share Image
There are some people in occult history who warned against using the Ouija Board, who said: "This is a dangerous door to… — Mitch Horowitz Copy Share Image
Im always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
Tons of people struggle to pronounce words, remember information, and string sentences together, particularly as they age. Biden, already the oldest president… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
A number of politicians have failed to recognise the consistent truth of history: that we're both an emotional and a rational species,… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Unlike any other time in our history, we have to know that staying in school and getting an education is the most… — Alexis Herman Copy Share Image
The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
We have a long history with Japan. When South Korea play against Japan, the fans tell us that if we lose, they… — Park Ji-sung Copy Share Image
You can go to the end of time, the last World Cup in the history of mankind, and the All-Blacks will be… — Phil Kearns Copy Share Image
The first man to fence in a piece of land, saying "this is mine" and who found people simple enough to believe… — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Throughout the history of the Deutschritter the German genius is very evident, romantic idealism implemented with utter ruthlessness.” — Desmond Seward Copy Share Image
Historical novels are about costumery. I think that's the magic and mystery of fiction. I don't want to write historical fiction but… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
