You read about me in history books, but now I am dedicated to spreading the truth about preserving the dignity of all… — Norma McCorvey Copy Share Image
Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of… — Aldrich Ames Copy Share Image
This is always history's greatest failure, its inability to believe what it sees, what, almost always, someone sees. — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
The forgetting of the history of marginalized groups is both a cause and effect of their marginalization. — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history. — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
Christianity was preached by ignorant men and believed by servants, and that is why it resembles nothing ever known. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
I like to do some research and learn about the destination before I travel there. I read up on its history, culture… — Diana Penty Copy Share Image
“As writers we intend to make a difference, to alter people's lives for the greater good. . .this is why we write,… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
“One of your most ancient writers, a historian named Herodotus, tells of a thief who was to be executed. As he was… — Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
“Sunny held Kit, and Violet held Klaus, and for a minute the four castaways did nothing but weep, letting their tears run… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“we need to stop asking the history of centuries past to vindicate our actions today. History is not a manifesto for action,… — Sidin Vadukut Copy Share Image
Ukraine is the closest country to us. We have always said that Ukraine is our sister country and it is true. It… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
As the Persians wrote very little about how they ran their affairs, the Greek propaganda of the 5th century B.C. has for… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
While being in the right seat at the right game might create short-term reassurance, I can't get over the idea that really… — Randy Lerner Copy Share Image
“Although slavery has long been a part of human history, American chattel slavery represents a case of human trauma incomparable in scope,… — Joy Degruy Leary Copy Share Image
When the history of civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
“For me, the consolation of history resides in the fact that hypothetically returning to any point in time feels like coming home.” — Martha M Moravec Copy Share Image
I think anybody's who's ever traveled to Paris or any sort of older European city will get caught up in the romance… — Ben Feldman Copy Share Image
“What we have is real love, but real love is messy and complicated. How can it not be, with our history?” — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
I've been reading about Crazy Horse and Custer for a long, long time, and I thought that if I was going to… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I will give you a man who will make history. Give me a… — J.C. Penny Copy Share Image
“Lord Bolingbroke, who was an eighteenth-century political philosopher, called history “philosophy taught with examples.” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“I have always thought that if I had been allowed to read history more constantly, instead of losing my time in studies… — Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon Copy Share Image
The whole history of modern poetry is a continuous commentary on the short text of philosophy: every art should become science, and… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
Security was the demand which set in motion labour movements in history; trade unions, friendly societies, consumer cooperatives were all about compensating… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I guess I accidentally became a part of history. Honestly, when you're young and you're a designer, you have a goal, but… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
The BP spill was the greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history. Yet somehow, gas companies like BP and Halliburton ran interference on… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions Guides us… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
I'm really into reading books right now about India. You reach a certain age where you start missing your home history. — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
“History describes what has happened, poetry what might. Hence poetry is something more philosophic and serious than history; for poetry speaks of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not… — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
“It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
History,' Mari muttered, as if she'd overheard his thoughts. 'Why do we need to know what happened before we were born?' 'So… — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
After thee accumulation of too much history we have lost our innocence, we cannot easily believe in any explanations. We describe rather… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
“replayed on YouTube over a billion times, displacing Gangham Style as the most watched video in history.” — Bobby Akart Copy Share Image
Serbia will neither allow a revision of history, nor will it forget who are the main culprits in World War I. — Ivica Dacic Copy Share Image
The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
