We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Life is full of a thousand red herrings, and it takes the history of a civilisation to work out which are the… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
We should not be flying a flag of a group who wants to erase our history and bring mass destruction to our… — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
“We're all just moments and most of us don't matter. We study less than one percent of all humanity in our history… — Emily Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
For words are magical formulae. They leave finger marks be hind on the brain, which in the twinkling of an eye become… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, God has demonstrated that He is supremely trustworthy. That’s why, in one sense, nothing could be more foolish than not… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“We study the past ecological history, with the conscience of the present ecological conditions. The key to predict future aquatic ecosystem changes.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Because when I was young and I'd get an A on a history test.. or whatever.. I'd get this good feeling about… — Pursuit of Happyness Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
“Before becoming headmaster of Eton, Claude Elliott had taught history at Cambridge University, despite an ingrained distrust of academics and an aversion… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
Above all, documentary must reflect the problems and realities of the present. It cannot regret the past; it is dangerous to prophesy… — Paul Rotha Copy Share Image
Why do you think the Bible has survived thousands of years of tumultuous history Why is it still here Is it because… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The history of capitalism has been so totally re-written that many people in the rich world do not perceive the historical double… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Q: What were you thinking when your colleagues were out there making cosmic history? A: I just kept reminding myself that every… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
“France is to me the heroine in the romance of all the nations of all time. This feeling was born in me… — William Arthur Sirmon Copy Share Image
What the historian Elie Kedourie called "the Chatham House Version" - that toxic amalgam of smugness, moral relativism, and cherished feelings of… — Roger Kimball Copy Share Image
Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Why did the Germans and Japanese keep fighting after 1943 when every rational hope of victory had disappeared? — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
I can't wait to get out on the road with Michael McDonald and his band. There is some deep history between us,… — Steve Porcaro Copy Share Image
For repeating themselves from the first kiss to the last sigh, the average man's love affairs have History blushing with envy. — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
“The sight of so many ruins destroys any desire to build shanties; all this ancient dust makes one indifferent to fame.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
When you start supporting a football club, you don't support it because of the trophies, or a player, or history, you support… — Dennis Bergkamp Copy Share Image
When I turned 30, due to my father's heart history and my family genetics, I vowed to start seeing a cardiologist every… — Jennie Garth Copy Share Image
“It seems very strange that one must turn back, and be transported to the very beginnings of history, in order to arrive… — Émile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Comparing Jesus with history's greatest of human leaders is like comparing the sun to a flashlight with no batteries. — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
I've done a lot for the sport. Those wins over Fedor, 'Minotauro' and Velasquez will forever be in the history of the… — Fabricio Werdum Copy Share Image
I'm the last person who would end up doing something that needs meticulous compilation of facts. It's totally against my character. I… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
No one ever really 'learns' from history, because choices never present themselves in exactly the same way, and because you can always… — James Fallows Copy Share Image
[Replying to the question of the presenter: "where did the name "Sex Pistols" come from, who thought this name up?"] Some animal.… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning… — Daniel Bryan Copy Share Image
“History's greatest composers world be rolling in their graves if they knew that their beautiful compositions were reduced to distorted hold music.” — Michael P. Naughton Copy Share Image
Mere recording of an event will not make it a historical document. It will become obsolete with time. Only those that emotionally… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time,… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
I think jumping from one country to another would put me in a place in daredevil history that no one can match. — Mike Hughes Copy Share Image
[General James Mattis] a very talented individual. He's - has a personal library of about 10,000 books and he's read most of… — Peter R. Mansoor Copy Share Image
Many of the characters who appear in the pages of the Fourth Gospel are literary creations of its author and were never… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
History is merciless. History doesn't care if we pound our society down a rat hole. It's up to us to make more… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
“The historians criticized a tendency, as they phrased it, to too rapid generalization. Other people blamed my method; and those who complimented… — André Gide Copy Share Image
In Nashville, there is a historic tendency to work the lyric to death while settling for music that works. In pop or… — Michael Kosser Copy Share Image
“Every Christian who studies history can only grieve over the atrocities that have been committed in the name of God by people… — Berit Kjos Copy Share Image