Sooner I'd try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to march… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...not stories, but histories. For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always.” — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
It is impossible to avoid the suspicion that historical Jesus research is a very safe place to do theology and call it… — John Dominic Crossan Copy Share Image
Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
“Today can be better than the worse of yesterdays, but tomorrow can never replace the best of yesterdays.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries,… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
2012 SENIORS : Remeber the past is history, the future is a mystery but the present is NOW,so LIVE it up and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Teo had once claimed that human history began with a storm: the interval between lightning and thunder, between flash and rumble felt… — Max Gladstone Copy Share Image
“Behaviorism was but one instance of a terrible temptation for all intellectuals, namely that of nothing-but-ism. History is nothing but the clash… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology,… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
“Greeks did not invent philosophy, philosophy had existed across Latin America, Africa, Arabia, India and China, thousands of years earlier, not as… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“If you believe the Bible is true, you ought to know that demons are real. The Bible is filled with references of… — D.L. Koontz Copy Share Image
These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“History has been so fascinated with Alexander the Great that it has overlooked the genius of his father. But by his supreme… — Philip Freeman Copy Share Image
Part of the fabric of America is that we have people from different countries who've come here and they are American, and… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them. — Thomas Kuhn Copy Share Image
We may look through ancient and modern history, yet scarce find a sovereign to whom God offered the privilege of bestowing on… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Many of what are now considered historic events, such as John and Paul McCartney's only jam session after The Beatles split up,… — May Pang Copy Share Image
Britain will be honoured by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she… — Lord Harlech Copy Share Image
I realised that although I was fascinated with America, its history and culture, I was not interested in becoming American. — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Two national championships, 12 Conference titles, and 377 college football wins makes Coach Bowden one of the winningest coaches in college football history. — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
Western Mosul is the historic heart of one of the oldest cities in the world. Its narrow streets and alleyways are impassable… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
One has to learn from history. Quite frankly, it is almost impossible to have a sense of vision without a sense of… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“Mother, before God," I say, my voice shaking with tears, "I swear that I have to believe that there is more for… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around… — Tavis Smiley Copy Share Image
The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the… — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image
The top climbers in the world had attempted this climb and couldn't do it. That history is what makes Meru special. — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Copy Share Image
History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
“Then, in this vanishingly small moment in the history of the universe, she took my hand, and held it all the way… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
As we move beyond Women's History Month, I am committed to advancing legislation to raise the minimum wage and ensure women are… — Colleen Hanabusa Copy Share Image
“Isabel saw all their lives becoming history in units of days and nights so fatally private there was no one left for… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
“History is alwys written by victors, and the defeated create a new set of myths to explain the past and gild the… — Morris West Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in looking - historically - at how theater can animate history and how all of that can make us… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
He who has money, lives long: he who has authority, can do no wrong: he who has might, establishes right. Such is… — Gottfried Benn Copy Share Image
