We hear stories from our parents and our grandparents about what life was like in the old country or wherever they came… — Alex Wagner Copy Share Image
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
“Somehow they felt they were living in a moment when history pauses and takes stock and changes course.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars.… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“INTOLERANCE (1916) Griffith's design for this film is to juxtapose fours stories from different periods of history that illustrate 'Love's struggle throughout… — Steven Jay Schneider Copy Share Image
There are so many stories behind that smile, so many secrets she'll never tell. But the most important thing is that everything… — Elisabeth Van Den Abeele Copy Share Image
“You can believe history books when they tell you when wars were fought. You just can’t trust them as to why.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
For a few thousand years, women had no history. Marriage was our calling, and meekness our virtue. Over the last century, in… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Despite history, despite English, despite the noteworthies, and a little bit also despite ourselves, alas!, the Quebecois people have stayed French. I… — Pierre Bourgault Copy Share Image
I used to be around John Cena all the time in WWE, and I watched him and the way he worked. John… — Drew McIntyre Copy Share Image
I take advantage of and enjoy keeping up with all the scientific discoveries. Now, as an adult, I can appreciate what that… — Tim Russ Copy Share Image
The social dynamics of human history, even more than that of biological evolution, illustrate the fundamental principle of ecological evolution - that… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
When the mayor of Sao Paulo wanted to increase bus fare by 21 centavos in 2013, the country erupted in the largest… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“Ali Bosna nije ono što cula odmah prime s njenih boja i oblika. Slušaj što cu ti reci! Bosna je najdubljikazan pakla.… — Derviš Sušić Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow is a mystery. Yesterday is history. Live today, it’s a gift, that’s why they call it “present.” —Unknown” — Aleatha Romig Copy Share Image
“It isn't about knowing the most stories, child. It is about carrying the ones that are most important and passing them along.” — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“A fortress built long ago, Walls made timeless by historic glory. The small girl in the boat slows, To listen to its… — Rachel Lewis Copy Share Image
“What a tribute this is to art; what a misfortune this is for history. (In reference to Shakespeare's 'Richard III')” — Paul Murray Kendall Copy Share Image
The Bible-banned, burned, beloved-is more widely read and more frequently attacked than any other book in history. — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
An affection which is not inspired by the Lord will soon be transformed into lust. Samson is not alone in the history… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Not that anybody cares two pins about history in these days.We've got rid of history; history is all my eye. But I've… — Carter Dickson Copy Share Image
India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is… — Anita Desai Copy Share Image
Once I engage in something, I really engage in it, and I love the process of reading and researching because I come… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
I studied psychology, history, and religion. I was a heady girl, but frankly, I'm glad I studied those subjects because a lot… — Adrienne C. Moore Copy Share Image
I'm not going to say that every record I've put out was the greatest record in history, but I'd stand by even… — Pete Waterman Copy Share Image
“No other society in the history of the world has searched so long for a meaningful cultural identity and failed in its… — Lester D. Langley Copy Share Image
The fate of a single man can be rich with significance, that of a few hundred less so, but the history of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The history of my life is the history of the struggle between an overwhelming urge to write and a combination of circumstances… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
I made my debut very early and a lot of things happened to me at a young age, but I was there… — Bojan Krkic Copy Share Image
Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
Brigham Young lived to become immortal in history as an American Moses by leading his people through the wilderness into an unpromised… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“...he felt that his life was nothing more than a light that would blink once in the history of the universe and… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“They walked off down the hall in the direction of a sign that said Colored Waiting Room. Billie guessed white folks didn't… — Elaine Hussey Copy Share Image
“Personal life, expression, knowledge, and history advance obliquely, and not directly, toward ends or toward concepts. That which is sought too deliberately… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
Well, intellectual importance is directly linked to financial value in the art world. I mean, thats the thing you really want -… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
