I wrote about World War II because I didn't understand it. I think that's the reason that historians are drawn to any… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
For a brief time in the 1850s, the telegraph companies of England and the United States thought that they could (and should)… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“Christianity . . . does not [simply] stand in the history that we only know and which knowledge we take to ourselves… — Jacob Boehme Copy Share Image
History and the task of the future no longer signify the struggle of class against class or the conflict between one church… — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“for in proportion as the enemy despair of conquest, they will be trying the arts of seduction and the force of fear… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Whether I say to him: “War and Peace is the staging of a determinist vision of history” or “You’d do well to… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
“Boy, you're good at figuring things out. Isn't he? Except that if anybody's the devil in this room it's _you_, buster." An… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
“In writing The Invention of Wings, I was inspired by the words of Professor Julius Lester, which I kept propped on my… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Venezuelans have a long history. So we are able to listen to each other, to talk to each other. From here were… — Nicolas Maduro Copy Share Image
I went to regular schools and I was home schooled a lot but I don't have any history in schools. Like, I… — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image
There are moments in time when the coincidence of art and reality interact to allow us a glimpse into the context of… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
“There is a certain seductiveness about what is dead. It will retain all those admirable qualities of life with none of that… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Proficiency in art is a contract with your self and the empowerment of your self. Not all of us demand or even… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
“Having contact sheets for all sorts of episodes in your life seemed to me intriguing and desirable. So much of my own… — Thomas Beller Copy Share Image
I think the evidence is just so overwhelming that Jesus existed, that it's silly to talk about him not existing. I don't… — Bart D. Ehrman Copy Share Image
“The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lied and stole and smoked cigars (even the… — Barbara Robinson Copy Share Image
“The concept of unity, in which positive and negative are attributes of the same force, in which good and evil are relative,… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Most historians accept that Egypt was a cradle of civilization, and that many cultural idioms and traditions come from there. What has… — Michael Tsarion Copy Share Image
“Educating the Educators (Sonnet 2281) Greeks did not invent philosophy, philosophy had existed across Latin America, Africa, Arabia, India and China, thousands… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In ancient times, the historians took pride on themselves that they were lucky for getting the opportunity to write the history of… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The mountain of history books under which we all stand leans so heavily in the other direction-so tremblingly respectful of states and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“History isn't written by the winners - it's written by everyone - it's a jigsaw of facts from contradictory sources. But every… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
Evolution does not attempt to explain the origin of life. It is simply a history of the process of life. With the… — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
“For many people it is depressing even to move house. A lost fragment of life always remains. To move to another town,… — Franz Werfel Copy Share Image
Floyd Paterson? Boy, he's the complete opposite to me. He no way like me. They go down in history for just being… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“Chekhov, knowing the weight of his own country’s history of serfdom, spoke of how Russians must squeeze the slave out of themselves,… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
There was not one cause for our internment, but many - a deep-seated racial prejudice working on top of fear, distrust, and… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
As every student in Philosophy 101 learns, nothing can force me to believe that anyone except me is conscious. This power to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Among the nations of Earth in all its history, ours is one of the precious few that has not brought forth its… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“We have more 'things per person' than any other nation in history. Closets are full, storage space is used up, and cars… — Richard A. Swenson Copy Share Image
“Radicals: A Koch Family History Oddly enough, the fiercely libertarian Koch family owed part of its fortune to two of history’s most… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Things live and die, and then someone processes them into edible portions. This is a complete telling of the story, 'Food.' The… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
“If you imagine the 4,500-bilion-odd years of Earth's history compressed into a normal earthly day, then life begins very early, about 4… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
You can learn from your history, but you cant live in it. You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest… — Blossom Copy Share Image
As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes. Voices may reach us from it; but what… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image