“For most of history, life has been hierarchical. A few have enjoyed the privileges that come from monopolizing violence. Everyone else has… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“If a theme runs through the history of Florida, it is this: something's great, and someone comes along to mess it up.” — Eliot Kleinberg Copy Share Image
Very few conflicts in the history of the world have been satisfactorily concluded according to a published timetable, because you lose all… — William Hague Copy Share Image
Considerable research on successful soccer players and their developmental history, affirms that a good percentage of them have spent time in isolation,… — Pele Copy Share Image
Because I was called a flop ever since I got here, my only intention is to be part of Manchester United's history. — Fred Copy Share Image
“Mankind, as history tells us over and over again, seeks the least painful solution and, as a result, ends up exchanging one… — Gyan Nagpal Copy Share Image
It's a huge challenge, a huge responsibility. Bond is a huge iconic figure in movie history. These opportunities don't come along very… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Richard [Carrier] takes the extremist position that Jesus of Nazareth never even existed, that there was no such person in history. This… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
If one person sits down at their computer one day and types one word, dose that affect the future? If that one… — Esther Earl Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can't fight change, because you're a part of it, and I feel that in the context of these films that… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife, -- this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that the best movies are made, not from a point of view that depends on your personal history, whether it's… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
We've always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
“Through nature, philosophy has been explained throughout history. The sting of a scorpion or the bite of a spider can kill the… — M.B. Watson Copy Share Image
The reform process began with the historic consensus on the Charter of National Action, in which the Bahraini people decided on a… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
“It is not always the majestic concerns of Imperial ministers which dictate the course of history, nor is it necessarily the pontifications… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Imagine if people knew that this legendary brotherhood who, according to the history books, ceased to exist in the Middle Ages was… — John Paul Davis Copy Share Image
“Twenty-first-century American churches have a history and an institutional culture rooted in the modern or premodern periods—the twentieth, nineteenth, or earlier centuries” — Heath White Copy Share Image
“Until al Qaeda attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, Hizballah had killed more Americans than had any terrorist group in history.” — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“History remembers only the names of the conquerors. There are no pages devoted to the scruples of the losers.” — Manjul Bajaj Copy Share Image
“Among all the world's large creatures, the only survivors of the human flood will be humans themselves, and the farmyard animals that… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The Allman Brothers Band has a long, storied history and I wouldn't count them out. It's just not in the cards for… — Derek Trucks Copy Share Image
If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
When the real history of the world is written, it will show god’s dealings with men, and the place the gospel has… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the… — Emir Kusturica Copy Share Image
There has always been the same amount of light in the world. The new and missing stars, the comets and eclipses, do… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
History proves... that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Like I'm always telling my brothers, if you gonna go into history, you can't do it with a hate attitude. You got… — Rebecca Skloot Copy Share Image
“the history of the income tax, which began as a tax only on the 0.1 percent and was never designed to target… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“The only test, Baker, is how not to erase ourselves from the map. Our history is that things don't last. Every generation… — Gerard Donovan Copy Share Image
Sen. Sessions' commitment to public service is nearly unparalleled in Alabama history, and his departure from the Senate leaves tremendous shoes to… — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
“a better reading of history must bring home the truth that the basic factor in human affairs is not politics, but race.” — T. Lothrop Stoddard Copy Share Image
The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
That Plato's Republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We both are the only women that beat Ronda Rousey. There's a history involved. Holly and I always were the underdog in… — Amanda Nunes Copy Share Image
A vendor selling coconuts on the road is a philosopher. He will have ideas on politics, economics, history, sports. This has saved… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
We are living at an extraordinary time in human history. And for many of us things are great. Things are great for… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of… — David Christian Copy Share Image