History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“It's a penis," Margo said, "in the same sense that Rhode Island is a state: it may have an illustrious history, but… — John Green Copy Share Image
Probably never in human history did we live in a society in which, at the microlevel of personal behavior, our lives were… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
I'm proud to say that my sister was the first female boxer in the Olympics. That's history. She made her mark. And… — Nikita Parris Copy Share Image
“History is, after all, something that happened to people. No 'force' whether economic or political can act except as it acts through… — Priscilla Smith Robertson Copy Share Image
That's the evergreen nature of a great song. They can be resurrected. They can be covered. They can find new relevance due… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Revolution calls my name. I will soon dwell in nothingness, and my name will be in the Pantheon of history. — Georg Buchner Copy Share Image
“I don’t believe that history holds easy answers or simple lessons, because those answers and lessons are stretched out over thousands—millions—of untold… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
The born-yesterday French-besotted faddists, addicted sniffers of wet printer's ink, think they're starting on the ground floor; so they're condemned to another… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: public ignorance isn't peculiar to science. It's sad… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
To care for the quarrels of the past, to identify oneself passionately with a cause that became, politically speaking, a losing cause… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
It is useful to remember that history is to the nation as memory is to the individual. As a person deprived of… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
“Your name?" George asked him directly. He had probably seen the man a dozen times before yet did not know anything about… — Mette Ivie Harrison Copy Share Image
“The farther you get from the actual historical person of Jesus and His time, the more the church knows about Jesus and… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
“Bernard Baruch put it well when he said, “If you are ready to give up everything else and study the whole history… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
We need to develop the intuitive capacities of the brain that some geniuses have manifested over humanity's lengthy history. — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history. — Park Geun-hye Copy Share Image
All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
I think film is first and foremost entertainment. But, all forms of entertainment throughout history have always produced works that last and… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
I think we need to think of lots of ways to communicate. And we tried some at 350. We organised what they… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
Mythology and history are my passion. I grew up in a religious family and learnt about our scriptures and philosophies. It's the… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
I've always been a history buff. It was one of the few subjects at school that really, really caught me. — Tom Mison Copy Share Image
I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
In its Greek origins, historia meant inquiry, and from Thucydides onwards, the past has been studied to understand its connections with the… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I think Hefner himself wants to go down in history as a person of sophistication and glamour. But the last person I… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
It's profound to watch a little African-American girl light up when she raps as George Washington and she realizes that Washington's story… — Rory O'Malley Copy Share Image
My deep relations with fashion started in Paris in 1980s, when I was appointed head of The Fashion History course at French… — Alexander Vassiliev Copy Share Image
I'm always happy, in every game, every win I keep writing my history, and I hope to do even more from now… — Neymar Copy Share Image
It's so cool to be in an ensemble because you're in something that's bigger than yourself, and it's even crazier to be… — Sarah Sherman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a house has two histories. One that's less well known. One that people have an interest in keeping less well known.” — Kate Cann Copy Share Image
If we look to the saints, this great luminous wake with which God has passed through history, we truly see that here… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I tend not to hang with 'the crowd' because I believe that at any given moment in history, the crowd is only… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
Today marks the first day of black history month. Do a little research. Remember your ancestors and the greats who are the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History and the generations to come will judge our leaders by the decisions they make in the coming weeks. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I do not know all the history behind our courageous L.G.B.T.Q. community, but I am eager to learn and to help continue… — Carl Nassib Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I thought history was the most boring subject of all. I shouldn't blame my teachers; I should… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
