The whole point about historians is that we are really communing with the dead. It's very restful - because you read. There's… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
There's a reason why I do anxious characters - it comes from a lot of personal anxiety. The great thing is, having… — Tony Hale Copy Share Image
I do realise that talk of natural kinds dates back to Aristotle, but I'd better not say too much about ancient philosophers… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
“They didn't think he was simple-minded. If anything they thought him a little too clever. But there are times in the history… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
history, like nature, has its own economy, its own balancing of forces in the final accounting. Nothing can be lost, except to… — Helen Foster Snow Copy Share Image
And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
In the appendix to my History of the Russian Revolution I give a detailed and documented study of the ideas of the… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and… — Edith Hall Copy Share Image
His other sliding up my back pushing me into him even more. Was I ready for this? What if this is all… — Jade Copy Share Image
Im fascinated by failure, and Im fascinated by finality. Shakespeares historical plays are more universal than his comedies because they relate to… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“The history of the industrial revolution shows how that power passed from the king and the aristocracy to the bourgeoisie. Universal suffrage… — edward bernays Copy Share Image
What is the deepest passion for me and for us is the historic investment in the middle class and in - as… — Phil Murphy Copy Share Image
In history, she wasn't there while we reenacted the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Mr. Lee tried to make me argue the Pro-Slavery side,… — Kami Garcia Copy Share Image
When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the… — Demian Bichir Copy Share Image
We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
The way we make history exciting to learn about is by breaking down the barriers that are already set up between these… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty. When the sport became an industry, the beauty that blossoms… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
My basic notion regarding the matter of historical recognition is basically, it's a matter that should be left to the good hands… — Shinzo Abe Copy Share Image
History will not judge HIV/AIDS kindly... the harshest words will be reserved for how the world responded, or rather failed to respond,… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
There are constant cycles in history. There is loss, but it is always followed by regeneration. The tales of our elders who… — Carmen Agra Deedy Copy Share Image
Common decency demands that [NCAA athletes] should be paid, but the only way it will happen is the same way workers got… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Her interest in natural history was confined to observation of the crows' feet gathering around her eyes. — Nicolas Bentley Copy Share Image
Humanity has become a historical word in this age of dark. On which will you trust? The peole who get help dont… — Mohd Aariff Khan Copy Share Image
To all my fans who planned to come to the Future History World tour, the pain of letting you down cuts me… — Jason Derulo Copy Share Image
A date, "often a boring thing you have to memorize in history class," but in this case, "an offer of a n… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
My feeling is that it's a misreading of history to say that, as the Reagan supporters do, that Reagan won the Cold… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
SUCCESS is Never PERMANENT. FAILURE is Never FINAL. So, Always Do not Stop The Effort Until Your Victory Makes A History. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Ryan [Gosling] has a history with the Mickey Mouse Club. He was a child performer himself. And he took the time to… — Joel Silver Copy Share Image
Roughly 21,000 new brands are introduced worldwide per year, yet history tells us that more than 90% of them are gone from… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
'You Must Remember This', the podcast about 'the secret and or forgotten history of Hollywood's first century', has a thread dedicated to… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
Faith is a very powerful force in the history of humanity. So I greatly respect different kinds of faith. Just as I… — George M. Church Copy Share Image
If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled… — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
“Private and corporate foundations, he said, must cease “the mindless subsidizing of colleges and universities whose departments of politics, economics and history… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“America is the only civilization in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization” — Georges Clemenceau Copy Share Image
“Happy-ever-after is a fairy-tale notion, not history. I know of no woman who escaped from Chelmno alive.” — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image