“As Jewish historian Yuri Slezkine noted, modernity has turned us all into Jews. ("The Jewish Century," 2004.) Modernism is the dysfunction that… — Henry Makow Copy Share Image
“Certainly human culture may have achieved great progress in the course of history. Suffering and unhappiness in the human world, however, do… — Zenkei Shibayama Copy Share Image
It is the Muslim's conception of himself as the khulifa of Allah on the earth that makes him the vortex of human… — Ismail al-Faruqi Copy Share Image
“There is inevitably a chicken-and-the-egg character to any debate as to whether economic growth produces its appropriate mental character or is produced… — Keith Thomas Copy Share Image
Barack Obama today is directing every federal agency to make sure we evaluate candidates on the level without regard to their employment… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Having a wife and kids drove home the brutal reality of the slave system for me - the price it exacted on… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“I, on the other hand, am walking through a larch wood and every step I take is history. I think 'I love… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
When historians write the last pages of their books, and the producers of history documentaries sit down to edit the final minutes… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“Appartenir à une patrie, c'est aussi s'engager pour le siècle où l'on y vit (source: émission sur la Russie sur Arte le… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Baudelaire" When I fall asleep, and even during sleep, I hear, quite distinctly, voices speaking Whole phrases, commonplace and trivial, Having no… — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
Every single year since they invented sound recording it gets better and better. We've always improved it. With MP3, which just sounds… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
When you approach the second half of your life, you start to unconsciously consider what you're passing on. As a writer, that's… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
“Battles against Rome have been lost and won before, but hope was never abandoned, since we were always here in reserve. We,… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
We need a revolution in the West: not violent overthrow, but a willingness to take responsibility for the course of history being… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
When I started in the comic book business, 'Art Of' books were strictly the provenance of the greats, like Rembrandt and Da… — Jim Starlin Copy Share Image
History does not repeat itself. Nor does it unfold in cycles. The real future is contingent, rich beyond imagining, a perennial gobsmack,… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Economists should be modest and be aware that they are part of the broader social science community. We need to be pragmatic… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
“After she left, after that summer, things were the same and they weren't. She and I were still friends, but not best… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
If liberals think Iraqis are genetically incapable of pulling off even the most rudimentary form of democracy, why do they believe 50… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
You are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“It is upon such stones that men attempt to permanently etch history so they will not exist in a vacuum; it is… — Rob Bignell Copy Share Image
Revolutionaries see history as a creation of their own spirit, as being made up of a continuous series of violent tugs at… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If, in schools, we keep teaching that history is divided into American history and Chinese history and Russian history and Australian history,… — David Christian Copy Share Image
Otherwise the history just gets completely flattened out, and people imagine that everything was always available and accessible. One of the things… — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families,… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
President Obama is one of the great political knife-fighters in modern history. He is a failed president - his economy is bleak,… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
If the Book of the Law could be forgotten for so many years, who knows what was done to it during those… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
When I looked at her, she appeared to be a different person from the one I'd known... She had rewritten everything, our… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The atmosphere in Sochi is unusual, in that we are surrounded by the Olympic complex. It is special to compete at a… — Charles Leclerc Copy Share Image
If you look back throughout the history of Broadway, there's always been periods where writers and producers have delivered the kind of… — Christopher Jackson Copy Share Image
“The labels on the little bottles and boxes do not tell you which one is the sleeping pill. Instead they have names,… — Paul Murray Copy Share Image
We are living in a demented world. And we know it. It would not come as a surprise to anyone if tomorrow… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
The correct method for tracking the stock market is to use semilogarithmic chart paper, since the market's history is sensibly related only… — Robert Prechter Copy Share Image
The Fiesta Tour McDonald's exhibit is a one-of-a-kind compilation of items and great moments in Latin music history. Every item has a… — Thalia Copy Share Image
“It's not that there are no challenges to becoming a vegetarian or vegan, but in the media, including authors of popular books… — Sunaura Taylor Copy Share Image
I was at Edinburgh doing history of art, Spanish and Arabic. I was originally supposed to do Italian instead of Arabic but… — Sophie Cookson Copy Share Image
“When you’re persistently deleted from history, media, and any other channel to access information – or that information is distorted – it’s… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
