“History works on a long time scale, and at any given moment we can perceive its directions but imperfectly.” — Daniel Walker Howe Copy Share Image
Big guys and historical figures are often linked because people back in the day were not obsessed with their figure. — Angus Macfadyen Copy Share Image
A hero. You want to be one of those rare human beings who make history, rather than merely watch it flow around… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
For the second time in history the Conservatives will have a female prime minster, proving that we are not just the greatest… — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
...That genius is a rare exception (:) It's not true. Talent and genius have been wasted on enormous scale throughout our history;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Leon Trotsky, Stalin's worst enemy, was far and away his most influential 20th-century interpreter, shaping the views of a generation of historians,… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The history of art is filled with people who did not live long enough to enjoy a sympathetic public, and their misery… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
“You can have the most advanced and efflorescent cultures. Get your politics wrong, however, and everything stands to be swept away. This… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“Mafia landmarks are found everywhere in beautiful Sicily, an unfortunate byproduct of the island’s tragic history. By mapping theses strange sites and… — Carl Russo Copy Share Image
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My place in design history is to sort of interpret youth culture, and I think we've seen that done in fashion before… — Virgil Abloh Copy Share Image
“These senators and representatives call themselves “leaders.” One of the primary principles of leadership is that a leader never asks or orders… — Daniel Hill Copy Share Image
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed -… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
It frustrates and fascinates me that we'll never know for sure, that despite the best efforts of historians and scientists and poets,… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Things live and die, and then someone processes them into edible portions. This is a complete telling of the story, 'Food.' The… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
I would love to one day see the rock churches in Ethiopia and learn about the history of Rastafari in the country,… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“Historians are not by and large inclined to supernatural explanations, but they are addicted to a near equivalent - 'inevitability'.” — Eric Ives Copy Share Image
I love going to the river not only to enjoy nature, but to think about the Los Angeles River's place in our… — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
What North Europe thinks of as its history is actually quite provincial and of limited interest. Different sorts of Christian killing each… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
Reading recent history is good to humble yourself, and also to feel some hopefulness that there is progress. — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I'm interested in history, in trying to relate the past to the present and to understand how people thought about their problems… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Mrs Thatcher not only made history by becoming Britain's first female prime minister, she was the first woman to hold any comparable… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
All the love that history knows is said to be in every rose… yet all the love that can be found in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation. — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
There are few pages of history which do not demonstrate that public prayer and ritual never inoculated people against mass-madness and cruelty.… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
The biggest blunder in the history of this country was when President Truman pulled General MacArthur out of China. — Tiny Tim Copy Share Image
The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“She knew—it was her job as a teacher of history to know—how many horrors are legitimated in public daylight, against the will… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
History has shown us that 'Get Things Done' is mindless liberal code for passing ineffective legislation and expanding government for government's sake. — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
Oh, things always get better. Tomorrow will always be better. Just think about it . . . is there any time in… — Paul Harvey Copy Share Image
Max has earned all my respect, since I started fighting, before I got to the UFC. He is one of the best… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
