The dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some great roaring machine will come and whirl it all… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“He (the British soldier) is generally beloved by two sorts of Companion, in whores and lice, for both these Vermin are great… — Richard Holmes Copy Share Image
At Skate Canada, we have a history of very professional judging that's very fair, and we're proud of that. — Scott Moir Copy Share Image
When you have so much history with someone you just can't close the book , you have too rip that page out… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The man that I named The Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Everyone should have a life coach. We learn history, maths, and science at school, but we don't have the tools to understand… — Ashley Roberts Copy Share Image
In the Bible, we have the facts and history of man's redemption. Incidentally or essentially, other worlds and other beings are brought… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
[T]he visibility of styles is itself a product of historical consciousness. ... The very notion of "style" needs to be approached historically.… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
We go eastward to realize history and study the works of art and literature, retracingthe steps of the race; we go westward… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Human beings are many-layered creatures, and do not succumb to the hegemony of others as easily as historians and politicians sometimes imply.… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I believe there is some kind of magic that comes just from looking at somebody. In the beginning, I called it "Genius"… — Nir Hod Copy Share Image
Truth and Truthfulness is an ambitious work, and its journeys into history give it a breadth unusual in these days of increased… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
“He said history was a sum of situations whose significance was never seen until long afterwards because people had been afraid to… — Paul Scott Copy Share Image
Science, history and politics are not suited for discussion except by experts. Others are simply in the position of requiring more information;… — Frank P. Ramsey Copy Share Image
A nation does not create the historians it deserves; the historians are far more likely to create the nation. — C. V. Wedgwood Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what happens to you. What matters is, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to… — Robert Tew Copy Share Image
If you check back through human history, you will find that three things, more than any others, have produced social transformation: violence,… — C. Wagner Copy Share Image
Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Freedom works, it turns out; the Constitution codified and structured freedom at a level unparalleled in world history. — Oliver $ Copy Share Image
I had a long writing history behind me before I got into anything in film. It comprehended science fiction, it comprehended historical,… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
It is clear that every civilization undergoes a process of historical change. We can see that a civilization comes into existence, passes… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Throughout our history, our fight for survival and freedom has been empowered by a secret weapon: Our unity. — Benny Gantz Copy Share Image
There is a mysterious way in which orchestras keep a sense of their history and what they've done. I still listen to… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
This recognition of the earlier human background, now so obvious to us, did not come all at once, for the inclusion of… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game. — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history. — Jim Walsh Copy Share Image
Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I've always been very forward-looking, and it was actually kind of difficult to turn my gaze backwards to look at comics history. — Scott McCloud Copy Share Image
If you look into the history of fashion, you'll discover that Gernreich was the leading name for years and the leading fashion… — Harry Hay Copy Share Image
Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that… — Simon Conway Morris Copy Share Image
If we don't know our own history, then we simply will have to endure all of the same mistakes, all of the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Manchester United and Liverpool were the teams I watched quite a lot in England. They were the two that I'm a little… — Timo Werner Copy Share Image
The future art historians are going to be software guys who are going to go into the depths of the code to… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
“History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something... History gives us the company of those who have done… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Hillary has already gotten a record $8 million advance from Simon & Schuster for the book -- reportedly the most anyone has… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history. — Stan Van Gundy Copy Share Image