Historical novels, in particular, allow us to relive the past without the neatness of history, and with all the complexity of the… — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
In the history of extra-biblical study and research tools there has never before been a resource as useful as the Puritan Hard… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
I don't much like Singapore. It's very big, very modern and very urbanised. As a rule, I prefer older places where you… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“From that historically brief quite opaque moment, came the chaos of our material history, an anarchy of chronology, of mismatched remnants that… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
“In the parlance of economics, Julien has said to Pari that if she cut off the supply of attention, perhaps the demands… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Boys forget what their country means by just reading 'The Land of the Free' in history books. Then they get to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Never be afraid of being yourself. Be different; be unique; be a mystery. Always remember that unique people are the ones who… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
There was a long history of people believing there was life on Venus. It was about the same size as Earth. It… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
The Windrush era is a very important part of British history as it helps us understand how and why we became the… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
Compared with this simple, fibrous life, our civilized history appears the chronicle of debility, of fashion, and the arts of luxury. But… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Al-Quran dalam pendapatnya mempunyai sifat supernatural. Kemukjizatannya terletak bukan hanya pada isi dan kebenaran psikologis dan mistisnya, tetapi juga pada cepatnya Islam… — Gustave E. Von Grunebaum Copy Share Image
“The crying out to God in lament over a broken history is often set aside in favor of a triumphalistic narrative. We… — Soong-Chan Rah Copy Share Image
At times of economic upheaval and with pressures on livelihoods, history tells us that people can become fearful and resentful. In the… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
“That was how history worked, wasn't it? If it wasn't written down it never existed. You might leave behind jewelry and pottery,… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
When historians look back on our century, they may remember it most, not for space travel or the release of nuclear energy,… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“You wouldn't think that people would believe that we all got so incredibly beat up—in so many interesting ways—from a bear attack.… — Kendare Blake Copy Share Image
It's the oldest story in human existence. We've colonized someone or been colonized throughout human history. It's amazing how fast we comply… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
It's really impressive what those like Messner and Walter Bonatti have done - they are a big part of the history of… — Ueli Steck Copy Share Image
I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I'm not a complete… — Emilie Autumn Copy Share Image
And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race. — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
Why is 'Game of Thrones' the most pirated show in the history of TV? Because people can't get it fast enough, that's… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
“There is a simplicity to war. Attacking is the only secret. Dare- and the world yields. How quickly they forget that all… — Captain Price Copy Share Image
“A set of huge marble busts stared smugly down from on high: great merchants and financiers of Styrian history, by the look… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“Every cigar rolled by hand carries the pressure of labor, the signature of culture, and the shadow of politics.” — Sebastian Saviano Copy Share Image
If cleverness has often been a sign of decadence throughout history, the attempt to be too clever by half is an even… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
“History: a context in which the capital letters decompose, and with them, the men who imagine and cherish them.” — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
However, the sciences of society and of history retained their old subservient relation to metaphysics for a long time - well into… — Wilhelm Dilthey Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.' — Andrea Jung Copy Share Image
For centuries, everything was taught through music. History was taught through music; language and mathematics were taught through music. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
Who are the moneylenders? They are those who were driven out of the Temple by Christ Himself 2000 years ago. They are… — Julius Streicher Copy Share Image
While incarcerated, I had no bank statements, no bills, no credit history. In our interconnected world of big data, I appeared to… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
History serves as a model not only of who and what we are to be, we learn what to champion and what… — Steve Berry Copy Share Image
The history of man that you don't know is what your unconscious is made out of. Just as the history of yourself… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry grants to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I appeal: Learn with me the lessons of history and of grace, so my children will not be afraid to say the… — Mary Fisher Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, history suggests that dictatorial regimes can withstand years, even decades, of economic sanctions. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
“It is necessary to distinguish between history and fantasy wherever possible. And then use them against each other.” — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
“In the whole history of my letters, of my liking boys, not once has a boy liked me back at the same… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
