I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Future historians will surely see us as having created in the media a Frankenstein monster whom no one knows how to control… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“By the death of Mr. O. Chanute the world has lost one whose labors had to an unusual degree influenced the course… — Wilbur Wright Copy Share Image
My education was seeing and touching the world. I would read about the history of a castle with my mother - who… — Alex Sharp Copy Share Image
American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“Above all, it seems to me wrongheaded and dangerous to invoke historical assumptions about environmental practices of native peoples in order to… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
We have learned from history that change is never easy, that it usually doesn't look pretty, especially in today's politically-charged environment where… — Cris Carter Copy Share Image
“All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
In the academic world, biographies of these great figures of the past fell out of favor in the 1960s, when there was… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term. Because history is long term. But today,… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“It is understood that when we speak of history we do not allude to the unspeakable trash contained in public school text-books… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived.… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
“The presidents keep on living, long after they’re gone. It’s just a little weird. These stories start where most stories about the… — Brady Carlson Copy Share Image
Clearly, in every civilized culture since recorded history, marriage is always between a man and a woman. And the fact that we're… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
This is what we've been waiting for: finally, an unprecedented critical analysis of the history of Dutch design. Mienke Simon Thomas's Dutch… — Wim Crouwel Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that Jesus Christ is the greatest man who has ever lived in all of history.He changed the world… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
The history of our times calls to mind those Walt Disney characters who rush madly over the edge of a cliff without… — Raoul Vaneigem Copy Share Image
With the likely nominations of Barack Obama by the Democrats and John McCain by the Republicans, one of these two parties is… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
The special relationship between America and the UK has been one of the great forces in history for justice and for peace,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Years should not be devoted to the acquisition of dead languages or to the study of history which, for the most part,… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Our histories never unfold in isolation. We cannot truly tell what we consider to be our own histories without knowing the other… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It's rare to find a genius in the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I have to throw in on a personal note that I didn't like history when I was in high school. I didn't… — Adele Logan Alexander Copy Share Image
Is the warming unprecedented? Probably not. There is abundant historical and proxy evidence for both hotter and cooler periods in human history.… — Don Aitkin Copy Share Image
“Friedrich looked from Cinderella to his men. “And the lot of you were filled with the sudden thirst for history lessons, I… — K.M. Shea Copy Share Image
I mean everybody knows there's something wrong with the world and if you read left wing politicians or deconstructionists or thoughtful historians… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I recognize the inequities certain cultures have to go through. I understand the history of slavery. I know all those things. But… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
History is a way of interpreting, rather than, say, knowing, the past. It is usually a set of disputes between those who… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“For what it’s worth, I’ll share my intentions. You and me, we aren’t practice for the real thing. It isn’t that too… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
“Only by embracing the lessons embedded in our city's history can we avoid repeating the failed policies of both the recent and… — Ralph da Costa Nunez Copy Share Image
From this I conclude that the best education for the situations of actual life consists of the experience we acquire from the… — Polybius Copy Share Image
“In Scandanavia, 'Iverson finds that the whole spectrum of pollen deposits is altered when (in early Neolithic times) ... the first farmers… — Russell Lord Copy Share Image
There are times in history when the dark drums of God can barely be heard amid the noises of this world. Then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“193. The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society. A mentality that can only say, “Then was then,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Over the span of man's history, although a phenomenal amount of education, persuasion, indoctrination and incantation have been devoted to the effort,… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
I do not think that there is any time in our history when things were perfect. I do not expect such times… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Whitepeople believed that whatever the manners, under every dark skin was a jungle. Swift unnavigable waters, swinging screaming baboons, sleeping snakes, red… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
