In both British and American history, fervent imperialism has always coexisted with bouts of fierce isolationism. — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“Historically inaccurate.' Adrian gestured at me with his other hand, the one not on my shoulder. "Who the hell looks at you… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Working gives you this new perspective. You don't take everything too seriously, and you realise that if you don't do too well… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation; and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Through the years, Madam Walker has certainly become a staple of anything that has to do with black history, women's history and… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I regard Buffon as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of football. He is a legend for me, a fantastic… — Jupp Heynckes Copy Share Image
The euro pleases dispirited people for whom European history is not Chartres and Shakespeare but the Holocaust and the Somme. The euro… — George Will Copy Share Image
“It is one of the great examples,” as Friedrich Meinecke, the eminent German historian, said, “of the singular and incalculable power of… — William L. Shirer Copy Share Image
“Apalachicola is an historic coastal town with many old homes of distinction and a small center of town that is invaded by… — M.W.Gordon Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch is not inspired in its astronomy, geology, geography, history or philosophy, if it is not inspired concerning slavery, polygamy,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
No one can understand Paris and its history who does not understand that its fierceness is the balance and justification of its… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Often when people first hear this part of the Secret they recall events in history where masses of lives were lost, and… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of… — Jacob Lawrence Copy Share Image
This trial cannot be separated from the process of the historical struggle in Palestine that continues today between the Zionist Movement and… — Ahmad Sa'adat Copy Share Image
I write my music with the idea that it will appeal to all of those people, and I want them to go… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
My style is where you see the individual and where a personality is communicated through actions, decisions, single objects and facts, where… — Martin Kippenberger Copy Share Image
If it is good enough for Prince William and Kate, why is studying art history not good enough for the masses? — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
History will look back, and I'm fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration, because the president makes… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
When you look at the origins and evolution of life on Earth, it's been severely affected by asteroid impacts through history. — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
It's an honor, any time you play with an organization like the Boston Celtics, all that history there. To put on that… — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“It feels like nobody in the history of the world has loved another person as much as I love you. I love… — L.H. Cosway Copy Share Image
Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The history of horror movies goes back a long way... of people trying to convincingly be terrified when looking at a piece… — Josh Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Those once victimised by history are likely to be victimised yet again. And those whom history has privileged are more likely to… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The History of the world is not the theatre of happiness. Periods of happiness are blank pages in it, for they are… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
I don't think that political history is full of a whole lot of tremendously honest people. I have never found any fault… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
If I am playing a historical character, I try to watch the person in newsreels and read about them, but I will… — Sarita Choudhury Copy Share Image
In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Matt Hardy is a tag team wrestler. He's one of the greatest tag team wresters in the history of tag team wrestling. — Montel Vontavious Porter Copy Share Image
You know within three seconds if you're going to have a history with someone - it's a long half-hour if you've got… — Kim Cattrall Copy Share Image
Life for most of us is full of steep stairs to go up and later, shaky stairs to totter down; and very… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
I think America is amazing for its landscape and its history. California is beautiful, New York is beautiful, but when you're a… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
When we were in school, we were told that Stalin was a madman who got control of Europe, which teaches you nothing. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
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