Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. It speaks of… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“The historian Meike Wöhlert has analyzed and compared the judgments rendered by courts responsible for malicious acts of treason in five cities.… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
In A Brief History Of Time I used the word "God" like Einstein did as a shorthand for the laws of physics.… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We have more faith in a well-written romance while we are reading it than in common history. The vividness of the representations… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“A nation without a myth drifts aimlessly throughout history. Myth gives purpose and meaning to the civilisation. Myth makes a people a… — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“The truth is sealed. Life goes on. Till one day, history changed... Like thief in the night, aliens invade human. Chaos happens… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
The history of the world for the past several centuries and current events at home and abroad confirm the existence of such… — Benjamin H. Freedman Copy Share Image
“For all these reasons, one cannot recount the history of modern science without acknowledging the crucial importance of Christianity. But this does… — Ronald L. Numbers Copy Share Image
There is no other Parliament like the English. For the ordinary man, elected to any senate, from Perisa to Peru, they may… — Josiah Wedgwood Copy Share Image
“History is natural selection. Mutant versions of the past struggle for dominance; new species of fact arise,and old, saurian truths go to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There have been actresses who transitioned and nobody knew. But for me, with everybody knowing my history, it will be harder. I'm… — Candis Cayne Copy Share Image
Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
“When you're alive, you don't dwell on how you're going to spend your time once you're dead. You just figure you're gone,… — Margaret Stohl Copy Share Image
There are millions and millions of Sufis who have existed in Islamic history and have the deepest impact on every aspect of… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
That happens to a lot of couples. I understand the black history in this country, and regret it, I wish it hadn't… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
All knowledge that is about human society, and not about the natural world, is historical knowledge, and therefore rests upon judgment and… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
Is it not a rather fantastic historical irony that the torture techniques that the North Vietnamese used against McCain that forced him… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
The history of American women is about the fight for freedom, but it's less a war against oppressive men than a struggle… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I'd love if between 'La La Land' and 'The Greatest Showman' we generate a new wave of movie musicals because, as an… — Michael Gracey Copy Share Image
The truth is that we're at a critical juncture in the history of our species and if we don't act soon, we… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When I meet people, a lot of people know me from different things whether it be when I was in the group… — Omarion Copy Share Image
“But you possess one quality that no one else does. Oh? Your identity. Your history, deeds and situation. Use those to shape… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
The grateful applause of the clergy has consecrated the memory of a prince, who indulged their passions and promoted their interest. Constantine… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Grand visions, even those as prescient as Washington's, must nevertheless negotiate the damnable particularities that history in the short run tosses up… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
I think we're past the time in history where you have to come out and say, "I'm happy all the time! I'm… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
“Comrades, we are going to try to cheer you up, and our sense of humor will help us in this endeavor, although… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
Endless Jane Austen film adaptations have given us the idea that the Regency was a classy, pretty, palatable period of history. Notable… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
“Human history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group. Initially our loyalties were… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“He didn't know what he was anymore – not truly Chinese, for he had spent too long in the West, adopted too… — Dominique Wilson Copy Share Image
“Fortunately—for the purposes of this study but not for those involved, for it was a bloody affair—the battle was fought all over… — R.A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
The '60s is such an explosive period. It was very interesting for me because I grew up in Canada, and obviously, I… — Stephanie Savage Copy Share Image
When we talk about 9/11 and 26/11 - which is the shorthand for the Mumbai attacks in 2008 - we're talking about… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
“The poet's function is to describe, not the thing that has happened, but a kind of thing that might happen, i.e., what… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Furthermore, it is not distorting history to say that it was largely through the efforts and propaganda of our International Federation that… — Leon Jouhaux Copy Share Image
March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. Don't feel bad if you did not know that. I didn't, either, until someone recently slapped… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
“Individuals make history, but it's also a collective thing, a wave that people ride in their time, a wave made of individual… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
We save the honor of Jesus when we restore His Person to life from the state of inanity to which the apologists… — Bruno Bauer Copy Share Image
When the history of the 20th century is finally written, one of its key features will be the wanton slaughter of more… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
