“Could God have justified Himself before human history, so full of suffering, without placing Christ's Cross at the center of that history?… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
To a man of liberal education, the study of history is not only useful, and important, but altogether indispensable, and with regard… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
“I watched these young people read to the audience parts of history that placed our country in context. I felt, in that… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Processed Foods Are Less Filling Throughout history, humans ate fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and meats. These are unprocessed foods that tend… — Alex Brecher Copy Share Image
“NOTHING HAS EVER LOOKED LIKE THAT EVER IN ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY,” he said. His enthusiasm was adorable. I couldn’t resist leaning… — John Green Copy Share Image
In general, life is better than it has ever been, and if you think that, in the past, there was some golden… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
By exploring other worlds we safeguard this one. By itself, I think this fact more than justifies the money our species has… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“It's a shame for a woman's history to be all about men-first boys, then other boys, then men, men, men. It reminds… — Elizabeth Kostova Copy Share Image
“The number of innocents killed by Leftist movements dwarfs the numbers killed by any other movement in a comparable period of time… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
As the Iraqi people better understand that Saddam Hussein and his regime are history, it is my hope that they will get… — Pete Domenici Copy Share Image
When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“These statues have a complex history. They were not erected to honor the Confederate dead following the war or even at the… — Jeffrey Tucker Copy Share Image
Americans will forever be proud of the brave men and women of our armed forces who served in World War II, and… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
Nurturing and cherishing creation is a command God gives not only at the beginning of history, but to each of us. It… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Yeast. The word comes to us through Old English, from the Indo-European root 'yes'- meaning boil, foam, bubble. It does all those… — Christa Parrish Copy Share Image
Conservatives are time-biders. And they understand, as Corey Robin explains in his indispensable book 'The Reactionary Mind,' that the direction of human… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
We have to learn that service to the greater good is the greatest satisfaction. That idea is at the basis of all… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
The lessons of history show - and I'm not talking about any particular history, all history - when you see minor abuses… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
“We are now edging across the boundary - always a porous one - between self-justification and fantasy. Matthews' story is by no… — Mike Jay Copy Share Image
In our struggle to understand the history of life, we must learn where to place the boundary between contingent and unpredictable events… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Many people believe that right and wrong are fixed absolutes. That is incorrect, they change over time. The job of the historian… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
“where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I do think you can see, throughout American history, this temptation, and it's both a liberal and a conservative temptation, to take… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
“A Reader dedicated to a “national” history remains relevant in an increasingly global and transnational world: the story of Chile's emergence as… — Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Copy Share Image
History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell there political and… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
If anything qualifies as an irony of history it would be this: that Marx and Engels throughout the nineteenth century wrote about… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
In Russia, they have Rusalkis, and they have Selkies in Scotland, and in Fiji, you have a special mention of it. The… — Eline Powell Copy Share Image
The archiepiscopal throne of Macedonius, which had been polluted with so much Christian blood, was successively filled by Eudoxus and Damophilus. Their… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“No people in all history paid a higher price for freedom. And no people have done so much to advance the dignity… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The cause doesn't have to be righteous and battle doesn't have to be winnable; but over and over again throughout history, men… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“The important papers the Founders left us were the most significant writings in recorded history after the Holy Books, a magic trek… — George Sorbane Copy Share Image
“Liberty has never come from the government,” Wilson had told his audience. “Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government.… — Gerard Helferich Copy Share Image
Some of history's cleverest business minds understood the power of share platforms, from the aggressive titans who made fortunes building the nation's… — Lisa Gansky Copy Share Image
As I think about anyone or anything -- whether history or literature or my father or political organizations or a poem or… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
In history, in most cultures, and at most points in time, if you want to find the most advanced technologies, you can… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
“Life is not a forest. We were only influenced by ancient history and a group of idiots still rule us !! Hesham… — Hesham Nebr Copy Share Image
“No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially - those who are the worst of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. They are a hundred times better educated than their grandparents, and ten times… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
