“Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about people in the… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
History is nothing but a procession of false Absolutes, a series of temples raised to pretexts, a degradation of the mind before… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
My mom is a history teacher, so we'd go on all these historic trips as kids around Halloween, because it was kind… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
To be a part of TT history is a massive achievement. It is one of, if not the greatest races on two… — Keith Flint Copy Share Image
Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“There are narrow windows for certain beginnings. Multiple strands of personal histories, psychologies, emotions that intersect once only, and then never again.” — Owen Sheers Copy Share Image
I love the people to see me as gold medal, Hall of Fame, world champion that knows how to make the world… — The Iron Sheik Copy Share Image
We are living through the most exciting, challenging and most critical time in human history. Never before has so much been possible;… — Peter Russell Copy Share Image
Again, it does seem like frustration is mounting in interesting ways, but I'm not sure there will be some dramatic tipping point.… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
America has a long history of pride in the military uniform, and the Army has a 362-page directive on proper uniform wear.… — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“That there are men in all countries to whom a state of war is a mine of wealth, is a fact never… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The politics of inevitability is a self-induced intellectual coma. So long as there was a contest between communist and capitalist systems, and… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“For the anarch, things are not so simple, especially when he has a background in history. If he remains free of being… — Ernst Jünger Copy Share Image
I'd gone to Oxford to do graduate studies in the history of the slave trade, but I came across Georgiana's letters, gave… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
“This history has for so long lived like a spider in my breast. The spider spins and spins, catching memories in its… — Kathleen Kent Copy Share Image
“The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history. — Oscar Handlin Copy Share Image
If you're going to make sense of politics you have to have a historical perspective and also recognise that you have to… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
America needs to fully grasp the lessons learned from our history of fighting radical jihadists. There have been successes and failures. — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
“As history abundantly shows, Congress, for all its faults, has not been the unbroken parade of clowns and thieves and posturing windbags… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
The history of Hillary Clinton as a five-year senator is to promote Hillary Clinton and not the needs of New Yorkers — John Spencer Copy Share Image
Korean American Day is an incredible opportunity to join together and celebrate the lasting impact of Korean American culture, history, and achievement. — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
“Philadelphia had the musty scent of history. New Haven smelled of neglect. Baltimore smelled of brine, and Brooklyn of sun-warmed garbage. But… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“The power which has always started the greatest religious and political avalanches in history rolling has from time immemorial been the magic… — William L. Shirer Copy Share Image
“Her unusual dark hair and sultry eyes made her stand out--- Anne Boleyn was Tudor England's Angelina Jolie amid a sea of… — Kris Waldherr Copy Share Image
“Our endurance and suffering made us stronger than they can imagine. We became so strong that it takes only one of our… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It's very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed… — Abraham Isaac Kook Copy Share Image
Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Over the years, a lot of rappers - Lil' Wayne, Ice Cube - have used my name in their songs. I'm a… — Rodney King Copy Share Image
Relax," Chiron told me. "Keep a clear head. And remember, you may be about to prevent the biggest war in human history."… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Righteous women have changed the course of history and will continue to do so, and their influence will spread and grow exponentially… — Julie B. Beck Copy Share Image
I'm a person who enjoys history, and history is very important to us - very very important it's about making judgement on… — Lindsay Hoyle Copy Share Image
America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I admit I'm an escapist when it comes to books. I become drunk on story, on words, as a buffer against reality.'… — Joanna Davidson Politano Copy Share Image
We are scattered, stunned; the remnant of heart left alive is filled with brotherly hate... Whose fault? Everybody blamed somebody else. Only… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed,… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
Photography as a subject is a good one. Its history is only about 150 years... You only have to know about twenty-five… — William Wegman Copy Share Image
To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
