I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
Falling hard for somebody makes you do things you never thought you'd do before. Like pulling off an A in History or… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
Fashion is a part of the world and part of history. It's not a meaningless swirl of meaningless clothes. They (clothes) reflect… — Valerie Steele Copy Share Image
If you want someone to pay you - the highest paid receiver in the history of the game - damn act like… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
Although this is a fictitious story the history is real. You don't want to re-write history but you certainly want to portray… — James D'arcy Copy Share Image
“But, the stultifying lingo aside, the question I raise is a vital one for us all, we are all stuck with trying… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
I think it's despicable. I also think it's frightening that we seem to live through history over and over again. And I… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Staying in a relationship JUST BECAUSE you have history isn't a good enough excuse, sometimes you are in love with nothing more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sir, do you know how they were used to fill balloons, and how they now do it?” “No,” said Alverstoke. “I’ve no… — Georgette heyer Copy Share Image
On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Unlike Hegel's progress model of history, which moves by stages, each containing its own logic of growth and decline, the economic model… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
In the whole history of movies, there has been nothing like Kubrick's vision. It was a vision of hope and wonder, of… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we… — William James Copy Share Image
“We take pictures of everyday life and act like we are capturing history. “Unbelievable! The cat is asleep.” — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Throughout history, every great warrior-the Greeks, the Samurais, the American Indians, the Mongolians, you name it-had long hair and would dress it… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
“People forget history nowadays, he lamented, that is what the ego does, making one the prisoner of one's inflated present, ignoring the… — Aporva Kala Copy Share Image
Blank-slate friendships were thin and temperamental. She knew that. There was no history there to cement people together, for better or worse. — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Until I was 16 or 17, I had heard practically nothing about the history that preceded 1945. Only when we were 17… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
We must muster the courage, we must find the will, we must do what is necessary to build a truly transformative movement… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The basic fact is that no, this isnt ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
“Rock, for all the power of its individual dreams, is still confined by its mass cultural form. Its history, like the history… — Simon Frith Copy Share Image
The history of human use of plants, mushrooms, and animals for their psychedelic effects is far older than written history, and probably… — Rick Strassman Copy Share Image
“In the history of culture the discovery of zero will always stand out as one of the greatest single achievements of the… — Tobias Dantzig Copy Share Image
Why don't they go ahead and change the name of the White House to the West House. They want to do away… — Alan Price Copy Share Image
I really don't know anything about music. I don't really listen to it. I don't know anything about the history of music. — Sia Copy Share Image
I might be an actor professionally, but as a person I should know what our rituals, religion or our history is. Kumbh… — Payal Rohatgi Copy Share Image
History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do… — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I did the David Cronenberg film, A History of Violence, with Viggo Mortensen and I played a real sociopath. For the next… — Greg Bryk Copy Share Image
I turn my negatives into my positives because one of my mottos is, 'Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery,' meaning that you can't… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
We care too much about what happens to be there as a result of history. I worry even more that we care… — Nicholas Serota Copy Share Image
The history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police. — Carl Joachim Friedrich Copy Share Image
“You’ll take her with you.” Naasir looked up at Raphael. Blinked. Then snarled. “I can’t be dragging around a historian. They break.” — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
