“You are the culmination of all that ever was. You are the highest point of the vast pyramid of history and of… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
We've talked and written about the World War so much that it has almost been purged off. The bitterness is gone. The… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I mean, every novel's a historical novel anyway. But calling something a historical novel seems to put mittens on it, right? It… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Let us reject this decree. In matters of conscience the majority has no power."--Merle d'Aubigne, History of the Reformation, b. 13, ch. 5.” — Ellen White Copy Share Image
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third — ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] — may profit by… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“The past is our always-available counterculture, and it's a rich one. Every minute you spend attending to something not-immediately-present, you are helping… — Alan Jacobs Copy Share Image
I have a history, a long history of being stereotyped as a five-foot-two woman, which is very limiting. I've worked so hard… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
I think Jose Aldo is a great fighter, has a great history, no one can deny that, but many people think I… — Patricio Freire Copy Share Image
I came in the gate as an African-American poor kid wanting to be a neurosurgeon but - with American life and the… — Lil B Copy Share Image
“No matter where you went—no matter how ancient the traditions, no matter how grand the history, no matter how awe-inspiring the landscape—there… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
I actually think history doesn't repeat itself. There are recurrent themes, but they're repeated with variations. Each time there's an immigration crisis,… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
Modern death is a matter of bright rooms and hard machines. Live long enough, and you might be filed away in a… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
“This dark-brown viscous liquid, a by-product in the processing of sugar cane, played a major role in some of the biggest events… — Stephen Puleo Copy Share Image
“A new doctor had been sent for, Lazzaro of Pavia, who had administered to Lorenzo a pulverized mixture of diamonds and pearls.… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
I love Manchester. I love Manchester United. But I would really struggle to be creative there. I feel a bit lost, over-familiar… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
As a matter of history great developments in art have often been remarkably separate from religious motivation and use. — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
“It may well be that when Sapiens encountered Neanderthals, the result was the first and most significant ethnic-cleansing campaign in history.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Watching Rachel Maddow is like going to Target. You went in for milk, but you left with shampoo, candles, and the entire… — Michelle Wolf Copy Share Image
I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture… — K. D. Lang Copy Share Image
“Behind your skin, your bones, your heart and your mind, you are simply a mirror of the universe, all of its history… — Courtney Beck Copy Share Image
And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
“The Stonewall riot may have been the start of a civil rights movement, but it was not the beginning of our history.” — Tom Cardamone Copy Share Image
“A good opinion of ourselves is exceedingly necessary in private life, but absolutely necessary in public life, and of the utmost importance… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I think a secure profession for young people is history teacher, because in the future, there will be so much more of… — Bill Muse Copy Share Image
“Your son is heir to an enormous fortune and name. Someone would be bound to bid for you him and take him… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“History, in any case, cannot be reduced to some sort of game of comparing misdeeds in different eras; each period must be… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research… — David Liss Copy Share Image
The real mistake of women was to let the memoir, the collective, the history, space of producing history - to let it… — Fatema Mernissi Copy Share Image
What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
It is the idea of 'People' to treat its material as if it were history and, what is more, as if it… — George W. S. Trow Copy Share Image
Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe… — Thomas Bangalter Copy Share Image
There is nothing nicer than playing in a World Cup against France, England, or Spain. There is nothing nicer than instead of… — Edinson Cavani Copy Share Image
We are never completely contemporaneous with our present. History advances in disguise; it appears on stage wearing a mask of the preceding… — Regis Debray Copy Share Image
But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I've never been very attached to genre labels and never set out intentionally to write historic fiction. Besides, what you consider historic… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
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