I wanted to be a part of history and not just a recorder and teacher of history. So that kind of attitude… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I like the way that the history of the tree shapes the tree. There's no distinction between the tree and its history.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Knowing that a manager like Rafa Benitez wants you to be in his team is quite something plus Newcastle has a great… — Miguel Almiron Copy Share Image
It's not often as an actor you get to be involved with a project that seems to be on the right side… — Justin Bartha Copy Share Image
Journalists who make mistakes get sued for libel; historians who make mistakes get to publish a revised edition. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
If you don't take a risk, you will not be satisfied and happy. I think one must look at creating history. — Remo D'Souza Copy Share Image
You know the old saying: "History is written by the winners. And also, the team of hand-picked historians that the winner keeps… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
To make of human affairs a coherent, precise, predictable whole one must ignore or suppress man as he really is. It is… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Moreover, it is not just that the early documents are silent about so much of Jesus that came to be recorded in… — George Albert Wells Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I wonder if we can ever really overcome the past. It’s what makes us who we are. One small thing done… — Amanda Stevens Copy Share Image
As a historian of American and African-American religion, I know that the Trayvon Martin moment is just one moment in a history… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
“Kuna mambo yanatokea hapa ulimwenguni ambayo yanafanya nikiri uwepo wa Mungu kwa asilimia kubwa. Wanasayansi wanasema ulimwengu ulianzishwa na mlipuko wa ‘Big… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“I don't think there's any deep psychological reason. It isn't comparable, say, to America's involvement with Vietnam and the emotional scars that… — Valerie Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
Sixty thousand blacks are annually embarked from the coast of Guinea, never to return to their native country; but they are embarked… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I think I now understand why it is that the young are so very nostalgic. They have so little by way of… — Will Self Copy Share Image
The most important thing is making sure that we survive because Fulham deserves to be in the Premier League - it's a… — Clint Dempsey Copy Share Image
There's a real community feel in the States and it would probably be frowned upon if you lied about your vehicle's history… — Edd China Copy Share Image
“Honor’ is a word applied to the actions of men from the past who have had their lives scrubbed clean by historians.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present… — Leopold von Ranke Copy Share Image
Science is an all-pervasive energy, for it is at once a mode of thought, a source of strong emotion, and a faith… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law? — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
The longer they hang out, the deeper the history, the richer the life. If you use that as a template or as… — Leonardo Drew Copy Share Image
The only time you had blacks, whites, and Latinos jamming together was in hip-hop. It's an unsung history. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
We glorify those who left their names in history books at the expense of those contributors about whom our books are silent.… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Mitterrand had a sense for symbols, and he was the first Socialist president since 1958. He wanted to show that there is… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
New Orleans is one of the most exciting, incredible communities in the world. There's such a rich culture and history, and there… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
It is a golden chapter in the history of India's maritime security. May INS Vikramaditya, imbibe the radiance of the sun and… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Most of us, I think, are conscious of history swirling around outside the door, but when we're in the house, we're usually… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
You know, when you are the Italian national team, all the time you need to win because for our history, it is… — Fabio Cannavaro Copy Share Image
I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past-can't… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Food is interesting to me because it's a way of understanding culture and societies and history. I would never write about food… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of… — James D'arcy Copy Share Image
My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
The true celebration of Christmas is when we ponder afresh the grace of God who became human, entered history through a virgin's… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
